What Happened
A 61-year-old pedestrian from Ridge was killed after being struck by a pickup truck on Ronkonkoma Avenue near Portion Road in Lake Ronkonkoma on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at approximately 6:40 p.m., Suffolk County Police said.
Police said a 2025 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling northbound on Ronkonkoma Avenue when it struck the woman, who was in the roadway. She was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
According to police, the driver, a 24-year-old from East Islip, was not injured. The Silverado was impounded for a safety check, and Suffolk County Police Fourth Squad detectives are investigating.
Local Crash Record
Federal FARS fatal-crash records list 19 fatal crashes within Lake Ronkonkoma from 2010 through 2024, in which 19 people died. Eight of those killed were pedestrians, and one of the crashes was on or at Ronkonkoma Avenue, in 2017. The 2024 figures are preliminary. These counts come from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System and cover crashes on public roads in which someone died within 30 days, placed within the hamlet’s 2020 Census boundaries by FARS’s reported coordinates.
What Officials Have Said Next
Detectives are asking anyone with information about the crash to contact the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452.
What we don’t know yet: Police have not said whether the driver faces any charges, or whether the pedestrian was in a crosswalk or marked crossing at the time of the crash.
Sources
- Suffolk County Police Department (official record)
- Suffolk County Police Department (official record)