Long Island driver accused of driving in the state of intoxication in fatal accident

A man from Amityville was accused on Wednesday night while driving in a state of intoxication, after Suffolk said he hit and killed a pedestrian.

The police said that Rand Strollo, 62, was driving a Hyundai Tucson around 11:20 pm, heading south to the Great Neck Road from Copiague, when Fatal Mario Matute, 59, hit Copiague.

Datutes went to Great Neck Road at the intersection with Malta Street, the police said. He was pronounced dead on the spot.

The police accused Strollo with DWI and the criminal possession of a controlled substance. The police have imposed Hyundai for a safety control.

Strollo took place waiting for his notification on Thursday, at the district court in Central Islip. A defense lawyer was not listed.

The police ask anyone with information to call major case detectives at 631-852-6553.

In 2023, 222 people died in Long Island car accidents. Suffolk drove the state in the total number of victims of traffic for at least one decade while Nastau ranked second to the most fatal in the six of the last 10 years, A recent news analysis has been found.

John Asbury is a general news and general mission reporter. He was with Newsday from 2014 and previously worked in the press-press in Riverside, California.