LINDENHURST, N.Y. (AP) - A woman out walking with her teen daughter on Mother’s Day was killed when a car came onto the sidewalk and hit them.
Authorities in Suffolk County said Diane Aluska, 55, of Lindenhurst, New York, was on the sidewalk around 9 a.m. Sunday when a driver backing out of a diagonal parking spot reversed onto the walkway. The car hit the pedestrians and continued into the Lindenhurst Fire Department.
Aluska was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her 16-year-old daughter was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, as was the driver of the car. Authorities identified her as Ann Riolo, 80, of Lindenhurst.
Authorities impounded the car for a safety check.
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