Incident location, Long Island
What Happened
A Selden man admitted in court Monday that he struck a pedestrian with his car, dragged her body off the roadway, and fled the scene without calling for help — leaving her to die alone on the shoulder of Boyle Road. According to Patch, Lan Huynh Truong, 45, of Selden, pleaded guilty on June 16, 2026, to felony leaving the scene of an incident without reporting resulting in death, and to the traffic infraction of operating a motor vehicle without a license.
The crash took place on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at approximately 11:21 a.m. Truong was driving a 2016 Toyota Camry northbound on Boyle Road in Selden when he swerved into the right-hand shoulder and struck Victoria Hutson, 37, also of Selden, while she was walking, prosecutors said. Rather than stopping to render aid or contact emergency services, Truong exited his vehicle, physically dragged Hutson’s body out of his path and onto the shoulder, got back in his car, and drove away from the scene.
Good Samaritans who witnessed the aftermath attempted to help Hutson, but she died at the scene before emergency responders could save her, according to prosecutors. The callousness of Truong’s actions drew sharp condemnation from Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, who did not mince words in his public statement. “After hitting Victoria Hutson with his car, this defendant dragged her body off of the roadway and left her to die without reporting the incident to police or rendering any form of aid,” Tierney said, as reported by Patch.
The physical evidence that ultimately tied Truong to the crime was found hours later that same day. Suffolk County police located the 2016 Toyota Camry parked behind Truong’s own home on the evening of November 5, 2025. Investigators observed blood on the windshield, the passenger-side door, and the passenger-side window of the vehicle. The Suffolk County Crime Laboratory subsequently confirmed through forensic analysis that the blood belonged to victim Victoria Hutson, prosecutors said. Truong was formally arrested the following morning, on November 6, 2025.
Truong was no stranger to law enforcement before this incident. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, as reported by Patch, Truong had two prior alcohol-related driving convictions on his record: a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated conviction in 2012, and a felony aggravated driving while intoxicated conviction in 2016. Despite these prior convictions and what prosecutors characterized as a clear inability to operate a vehicle safely and lawfully, Truong was driving on the day of the fatal crash without a valid license — a fact to which he also admitted as part of his guilty plea.
Location & Road Context
Boyle Road is a local roadway running through the Selden hamlet of the Town of Brookhaven in central Suffolk County. The area along Boyle Road where the crash occurred is a residential corridor with pedestrian foot traffic along its shoulder — the type of road where walkers are frequently present but formal pedestrian infrastructure such as dedicated sidewalks or protected pathways may be limited. Selden sits in the heart of Long Island’s mid-Suffolk corridor; for real-time travel conditions in the area, see our Selden roads page and the broader Suffolk County traffic tracker.
This is not an isolated incident on Long Island’s roads. As recently as November 5, 2025 — the very same day as this crash — Long Island Traffic documented a pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run crash in Selden, which corresponds to this very case. A prior related filing on this case was also noted ahead of Monday’s formal guilty plea.
Investigation & Legal Proceedings
Truong faces sentencing on August 12, 2026, in Suffolk County court. The District Attorney’s office has formally recommended a sentence of 2⅓ to 7 years in prison — the maximum permissible under current New York state law for the charge of leaving the scene of an incident without reporting resulting in death. Truong is represented by attorney Christopher Gioe, who was not immediately available for comment when contacted, according to prosecutors.
DA Tierney used the sentencing recommendation as an occasion to publicly criticize the adequacy of existing state law, calling on New York lawmakers to increase potential penalties for leaving the scene of a fatal crash. “This sentence is grossly inadequate for the conduct and callousness that this defendant displayed,” Tierney said. “New York lawmakers need to fix this injustice and increase the potential sentence for leaving the scene, a crime that has life and death consequences.”
Broader Impact
Truong’s case highlights a significant gap in New York’s vehicular law: a driver who flees a fatal crash — even one egregious enough to involve physically moving a dying victim from the road — faces a maximum of 2⅓ to 7 years under the leaving-the-scene statute, a ceiling DA Tierney has publicly called insufficient. Advocacy for strengthening hit-and-run penalties in New York has grown in recent years alongside a documented rise in fatal pedestrian crashes across Long Island; readers involved in similar crashes can find guidance on legal rights and next steps at our Know Your Rights page.