The country recorded another traffic fatality over the weekend, pushing the number of traffic-related deaths so far this year to 63. <\/p>\n
According to police reports, the fatal mishap occurred around 6:50 Friday evening when a Kia Optima being driven in a northerly direction along Burnt Ground Highway on Long Island struck a pedestrian. <\/p>\n
The victim, a 55-year-old male, was believed to be a resident of the Burnt Ground community.<\/p>\n
He was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, Police Inspector Walter Evans said.<\/p>\n
Police reported that the mishap was the first traffic fatality on Long Island for the year. It came just one day after Ronald Delancy, aged 26, lost his life in a traffic accident on Crooked Island, that island’s first traffic-related death in approximately 20 years.<\/p>\n
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