A car hit and killed a retired detective from Nassau County’s Sixth Police Precinct as he was crossing the street in Carle Place Thursday afternoon.
Detective Joseph G. Skowronski of Mineola, 65, was crossing Old Country Road near Cherry Lane at 3:40 p.m. April 21 when a 1995 Nissan Maxima traveling east hit him, Nassau County police said Friday morning.
Skowronski was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The driver, an 18-year-old man, was not hurt and stayed at the scene.
The accident is not considered a crime, police said, but the driver’s vehicle was impounded for brake and safety checks.
Skowronski worked as a detective in the Sixth Precinct, based in Manhasset on Community Drive, from 1991 until his retirement in 2005, working with the police department’s Narcotics and Vice Bureau and Homicide Squad, Acting Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter said in a statement. He started his career at the Fifth Precinct in 1973.
“His long and successful career in the Nassau County Police Department is reflected by the numerous commendations that he received for outstanding police work,” Krumpter said. “He was deeply respected by his colleagues and everyone in our police family and we are grateful to have known and worked with him.”
Skowronski did personal injury investigations and personal safety protection after retiring from the police department, according to his LinkedIn profile.
