WANTAGH, N.Y. (PIX11) – A pedestrian was hit and killed by a police vehicle on Long Island on Friday, authorities said.
The incident happened in Wantagh at 6:28 a.m., according to the Nassau County Police Department.
A Nassau County police vehicle hit and killed a man who was attempting to cross westbound over Wantagh Avenue at the intersection of Duck Pond Drive North, officials said.
The pedestrian suffered multiple injuries and was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.
Police identified the victim as 22-year-old Wantagh resident Marc Salomone.
The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation is investigating the incident.
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