Overview
- Kenneth Cook was hit just after 7:30 p.m. Monday between South Wellwood and Washington avenues, police said.
- An eastbound BMW X5 driven by a 73-year-old man struck him first, followed by a westbound 2014 Ford Explorer driven by a 20-year-old woman.
- The two impacts occurred within about a minute as the vehicles traveled in opposite directions.
- First responders took Cook to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, where he was pronounced dead.
- Both drivers remained at the scene, were not cited or arrested, and police said Cook had walked into oncoming traffic.