A 76-year-old West Babylon grandfather who died in a hit-and-run crash earlier this month gave a Texas man a new lease on life, according to LiveonNY.

Octavio De Jesus Espinal Sime was struck on Nov. 8 while walking to the Long Island Rail Road station in Freeport for his commute home. He died a few days later.

"In the midst of this tragedy, Octavio — beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather — became an organ donor hero after his family generously said ‘yes’ to giving the gift of life to someone in need of a second chance," Leonard Achan, president of LiveOnNY, a nonprofit that coordinates organ donation and transplantation in the metro area, said in a statement. The recipient of the liver is 71 years old, Achan said.

Espinal Sime’s daughter said the family made the decisio

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