Second update on Feb. 3: Detectives believe the vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian on Nesconset Highway in Lake Grove on February 1 is a 2006 to 2007 dark gray Honda Accord. See photo attached.
Update on Feb. 2: Sampada Aduulla, 24, of Lake Grove, has been identified as the woman killed in a hit-and-run crash while crossing Nesconset Highway in Lake Grove on February 1.
Below is the original press release:
Suffolk County Police Major Case Unit detectives are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in Lake Grove on Feb. 1.
A woman was crossing Nesconset Highway, near Hallock Road, when she was struck by a vehicle traveling eastbound at 6:20 a.m. that fled the scene. The woman, whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to contact the Major Case Unit at 631-852-
6555 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.