Hillel Fuld, of New Jersey, identified as pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash in Wyandanch on Friday
First responders on the scene in Wyandanch on Friday evening. Credit: Paul Mazza
Suffolk County police have identified a New Jersey man as the person killed by a hit-and-run driver on Friday evening in Wyandanch.
Hillel Fuld, 29, of Teaneck, New Jersey, was struck by a vehicle while he was walking around 7:30 p.m. on eastbound Wyandanch Avenue, west of Mount Avenue, Suffolk County police said.
The driver sped away in an unknown vehicle. Police said on Tuesday that no arrests had been made.
Fuld was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, where he was pronounced dead on Friday, police said.
Fuld is the cousin of an American-Israeli tech blogger named Hillel Fuld, the blogger said in an Instagram post.
“Physically I’m ok,” Fuld wrote. “Emotionally we are all broken.”
Police are asking anyone with information to call detectives at 631-852-6555 or make tips anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS.
More coverage: Every 7 minutes on average a traffic crash causing death, injury or significant property damage happens on Long Island. A Newsday investigation found that traffic crashes killed more than 2,100 people between 2014 and 2023 and seriously injured more than 16,000 people. To search for fatal crashes in your area, click here.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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