Update — October 6, 2026, 4:37 p.m.: Suffolk County Police arrested a Brentwood man in this crash, according to an SCPD press release. Following an investigation by Major Case Unit detectives, Daniel Gomez, 65, was arrested at his home and charged with Leaving the Scene of a Motor Vehicle Crash Involving a Fatality. Police said the pedestrian, a 56-year-old man, was crossing westbound Sunrise Highway at North Indiana Avenue at 4:25 a.m. when he was struck by a 2012 Honda Accord, and that the driver fled in the vehicle. The man was taken to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, where he was pronounced dead. Police said Gomez would be held overnight at the Third Precinct and arraigned on Oct. 7 at First District Court in Central Islip. A criminal charge is an accusation; a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Police later released the pedestrian’s identity; Long Island Traffic does not name crash victims.
What Happened
Suffolk County police confirmed that a pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Lindenhurst early Tuesday morning. The crash was reported at approximately 4:27 a.m. near Sunrise Highway and North Indiana Avenue, according to Patch. Police confirmed the pedestrian’s death Tuesday afternoon but did not immediately release the person’s identity or additional details about the circumstances of the crash.
ABC7 New York (WABC) reported that the pedestrian was struck on the westbound side of Sunrise Highway near North Indiana Avenue, and that the driver fled the scene. ABC7 also reported that Suffolk County crime scene investigators responded to the scene, where detectives were “collecting evidence, surveying the area, taking photographs and placing evidence into bags as part of the investigation.” No arrests had been reported as of the time of ABC7’s publication.
Road and Transit Impact
Sunrise Highway was temporarily closed between Wellwood Avenue and North Jefferson Avenue following the crash, ABC7 New York reported. The roadway has since reopened in both directions, Suffolk County police confirmed, as reported by Patch.
On This Corridor / Local Crash Record
Long Island Traffic’s 511NY records show 20 crash records on Sunrise Highway in the trailing 90 days (July 8 through October 6, 2026); those are record counts from 511NY’s accident-class records, and one collision can produce more than one record. Federal FARS fatal-crash records (2010–2024) place five fatal crashes on or at Sunrise Highway within Lindenhurst’s 2020 Census boundaries, occurring in 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2022. New York State DMV crash data for 2021–2024 show the Village of Lindenhurst recorded 17 crashes coded as a collision with a pedestrian over that four-year period; those figures reflect reported crashes as coded by the reporting agency and say nothing about the cause of Tuesday’s crash.
What Officials Have Said Next
Police identified the vehicle as a 2012 Honda Accord and charged Daniel Gomez, 65, of Brentwood, with Leaving the Scene of a Motor Vehicle Crash Involving a Fatality, according to the SCPD release. He was scheduled for arraignment on Oct. 7 at First District Court in Central Islip.
What we don’t know yet: the outcome of the arraignment and the next court date have not been published in an official record Long Island Traffic has reviewed.