Updated: Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash in Ronkonkoma

Fast Cash Reward of Up To $5k Offered for Arrest

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Major Case Unit detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the driver who fled the scene after killing a pedestrian in Ronkonkoma last year.A Fast Cash Reward of up to $5,000 is now being offered for information that leads to an arrest. The reward will be issued within seven days of an arrest.

Robert Twiford, pictured at right, parked his vehicle on the off ramp of eastbound Long Island Expressway at exit 60, exited the vehicle, and, while in the lane of travel, was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene on December 5 at approximately 8 p.m. A short time later, the driver of the fleeing vehicle stopped on Garrity Avenue in Ronkonkoma and exited his vehicle, which is described as a light-colored, possibly gray, 2015 to 2018 Ford Focus hatchback, and examined it with a flashlight. Twiford, 61, of Melville, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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