Update: Pedestrian killed trying to cross Sunrise Highway in Oakdale

Update: Pedestrian killed trying to cross Sunrise Highway in Oakdale

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Update: Steven McDonald, 63, of Coram, has been identified as the pedestrian killed while crossing
Sunrise Highway in Oakdale on December 27.

Below is the original press release:

Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian in Oakdale on Dec. 27.

A male pedestrian was in the roadway of eastbound Sunrise Highway, between exit 48 and exit 49, when he was struck by a 2011 BMW 550 driven by Wayne Griffith at 9:25 p.m.

The pedestrian, whose identity has not yet been established by police, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. Griffith, 60, of Medford, was not injured.

The BMW was impounded for a safety check. Detectives are asking anyone with information on the incident to contact the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552.

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