New York motorists have a duty to drive carefully and with a due regard to public safety. When they breach that duty, serious accidents can occur, resulting in personal injury or even wrongful death. Tragically, it appears one motorist may not have been paying sufficient attention to the road when he struck a pedestrian.
The fatal accident happened in Hyde Park around 11:05 p.m. on Feb. 11 along Crum Elbow Road. A 23-year-old man was walking alongside the road when a driver struck him and then fled from the scene. Hours later at 7:55 a.m. the next day, a man came forward to officers in Hyde Park to say that he thought he hit a deer "or some other object" the previous night on the same road. At this time, police have not made any arrests, and an investigation continues into the accident.
