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Family Of Mom Struck By Car While Pushing Stroller Needs Help
The woman did not survive and her two children, just 1 and 4, remain hospitalized, officials say. The community is coming together to help.
AMAGANSETT, NY — A devastated community is coming together to help the family of a young mother who died after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver while pushing her two small children in a stroller, police said.
According to East Hampton Town Police, the crash took place on Montauk Highway, east of Old Montauk Highway, on Wednesday at 11:42 a.m. Mark A. Corrado, Jr., 28, of West Babylon, was heading east in a 1997 Dodge pickup when he hit Yuris Murillo Cruz, 36, of Amagansett.
Cruz was pushing a stroller with her children, ages 1 and 4, on the eastbound shoulder of the road, police said. She died in the crash, police said. The children were airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital for "apparent non-life threatening injuries," police said.
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A GoFundMe page, "Support for the Murillo Cruz Family," was created by Kim Slicklein of the Amagansett PTA.
"We are a small community, and we need to help support one another — especially during such an agonizing time for the Murillo Cruz family," Slicklein wrote.
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Donations are needed to support the Murillo Cruz family and help with medical expenses, childcare, meals, funeral expenses, and for "everything else needed during this critically challenging time," she said. "We are incredibly grateful for all donations — no matter how small, and your help will make a tremendous difference in the lives of Murillo Cruz family."
Corrado did not stop and continued east before abandoning the pickup in a wooded area on Gilberts Path in Amagansett and fleeing, police said. Police canvassing the area found the vehicle, police said.
Corrado surrendered to East Hampton detectives at Suffolk County's First Precinct in West Babylon on Wednesday afternoon, police said. He was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an incident without reporting, a felony, police said.
Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call East Hampton Town Police at 631-537-7575.
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