{"id":235183,"date":"2026-03-25T03:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/235183\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T03:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:19:08","slug":"hit-and-run-driver-kills-bicyclist-in-east-atlantic-beach-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/235183\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit-and-run driver kills bicyclist in East Atlantic Beach, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0Long Beach woman was arrested and charged Tuesday for allegedly fleeing the scene after fatally striking a bicyclist in East Atlantic Beach earlier in the day, Nassau County Police said in a news release.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Erin M. Henry, 67, was driving a\u00a02019 Honda HRV east\u00a0on Beech Street near Scott Drive about 7:45\u00a0a.m. when she struck a man riding a bike,\u00a0police said..<\/p>\n

The bicyclist, who police had\u00a0not yet identified as of Tuesday evening, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Long Beach Fire Department. Henry fled, continuing east on Beech Street, police said.<\/p>\n

After locating her vehicle, police arrested and charged Henry with leaving the scene of an incident causing a death, the release said. She is expected to be arraigned on Wednesday at First District Court in Hempstead.<\/p>\n

Check back for updates on this story.<\/p>\n

More coverage: Every 7 minutes on average a traffic crash causing death, injury or significant property damage happens on Long Island. A Newsday investigation<\/a> found that traffic crashes killed more than 2,100 people between 2014 and 2023 and seriously injured more than 16,000 people. To search for fatal crashes in your area, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

John Valenti, a Newsday reporter since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press, Society of the Silurians and National Headliner Awards for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing. He is the author of \u201cSwee’pea,\u201d about New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. His debut crime novel, \u201cFor Nothing Is Hidden,\u201d rooted in 1950s Long Island, was released in October 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A\u00a0Long Beach woman was arrested and charged Tuesday for allegedly fleeing the scene after fatally striking a bicyclist…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[723,23164,131,133,132,11145],"class_list":{"0":"post-235183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-dangerous-roads","10":"tag-long-beach","11":"tag-long-beach-headlines","12":"tag-long-beach-news","13":"tag-nassau"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}