Freeport police respond to an accident on Sunrise Highway near...

Freeport police respond to an accident on Sunrise Highway near South Main Street on June 14, 2017.  Credit: Stringer News Service

A pedestrian crossing Sunrise Highway in Freeport was struck and killed by a car Wednesday night, Nassau County police said.

Police did not immediately release the name of the 53-year-old female victim nor the identity of the 69-year-old male driver.

The victim was crossing the road near South Main Street from north to south about 10:15 p.m. when she was struck by a westbound 1990 Ford Mustang, police said.

Police said the accident was noncriminal.

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