Grieving Family Hopes For Witness To Hit-Run Crash That Killed 17-Year-Old In Suffolk
The uncle of 17-year-old Jenna Perez, who was killed by a hit-and-driver while crossing the highway just before 9:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 24, in Port Jefferson Station, hopes there was a witness to the tragedy.
Jose Ortiz wants answers from the person who could "leave someone lying there and not help them," he told Daily Voice.
Jenna, an identical twin who had just gotten off of work at an area Five Guys Hamburgers store, was crossing Nesconset Highway southbound, when she was struck by a vehicle believed to be traveling westbound, according to police. The vehicle fled the scene, police sai…
17-Year-Old Killed In Nesconset Highway Hit-Run Crash
A teenage girl was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Long Island.
It happened Saturday, Aug. 24 just before 9:30 p.m. in Port Jefferson Station, Suffolk County Police Major said.
The girl, Jenna Perez, 17, of Selden, was crossing Nesconset Highway southbound, approximately 300 feet west of Terryville Road, when she was struck by a vehicle believed to be traveling westbound, according to police. The vehicle fled the scene, police said.
Perez was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.
Detectives …
