A Massachusetts man was killed on Thursday evening crossing Veterans Memorial Highway in Ronkonkoma at the crosswalk after a driver struck him with a car, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.

The man, Jim Jones, 55, of Fall River, Massachusetts, had been trying to cross at Fifth Avenue when a 64-year-old driver struck him in the right lane of the westbound highway with a 2013 Honda Civic, the department wrote in a news release.

Jones was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was brought following the crash.

The police press office declined to provide the driver's speed or disclose who had the right of way except to say the investigation was unfinished and had no timeline. The office said by email, "There are no charges at this time" or criminality, b

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