A Long Island community is mourning after one of its residents was killed far from home in a sudden and violent crash. According to News 12, a woman from Atlantic Beach has died after being hit by a car in Nantucket, in an incident that unfolded in an ordinary setting and has now led to a criminal charge against another driver.
Police have identified the woman who lost her life. According to the account, the victim was Stacy Rosen, 62, of Atlantic Beach, who had been going about an everyday errand at the time of the crash. Her death has brought word of the Nantucket tragedy back to her home community on Long Island, where News 12 reported on the loss.
The circumstances of the crash were especially harrowing. According to police, Rosen was walking through a Stop and Shop parking lot when two cars crashed into each other nearby. In the chaos of that collision, she was struck and became trapped underneath one of the vehicles, caught in a situation from which she could not escape.
Emergency responders worked to help her after the crash. According to the account, Rosen was taken to the hospital following the collision, but the severity of her injuries proved too great, and the 62-year-old later died there, turning what had begun as a routine trip to the store into a fatal event.
Authorities have since brought charges in connection with the crash. According to News 12, a Connecticut woman has been charged with vehicle homicide by negligent operation, a charge that points to the conduct of one of the drivers as investigators pieced together how the two cars came to collide in the parking lot.
For Rosen's home community, the news has landed hard. A resident of Atlantic Beach dying in such a manner while away in Nantucket has underscored how an ordinary moment in a parking lot can turn tragic, and the case now moves forward through the courts as the charge against the driver is addressed.