Centereach Man Killed by Passing Car While Fixing His Vehicle


Centereach man hit by car and killed | SCPD

Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a man who was fixing his car on the side of the road in Blue Point.

Police said Marta Ordonez-Castillo was driving a 2009 Hyundai Elantra southbound on Kennedy Avenue near Pine Street when her vehicle struck Oscar Lopez-Machado, who was working on a 2006 Dodge Ram parked on the northbound side of the road.

Lopez-Machado, 44, of Centereach, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.

Ordonez-Castillo, 54, of East Patchogue, was taken to Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue for an evaluation. The vehicles were impounded for a safety check.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to call the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552.

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