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Eastport hit and run kills young mother
Eyewitness News
EASTPORT (WABC) -- On Sunday, flowers marked the spot where trouble ended in tragedy, and where a young woman was killed by a hit and run driver.
The accident happened at 9 on Saturday night in Eastport, Long Island on Montauk Highway near the intersection with Old Montauk Highway.
Eyewitness News is told 27-year-old Erika Strebel was driving her Jeep when it broke down. Police say she and a passenger, 26-year-old Ed Barton got out, and were standing near her vehicle when another car crashed into them, killing Erika and injuring her passenger before fleeing Eastbound on Montauk Highway.
Strebel's purse, a sneaker and a red hat were all left at the scene. A gas container was also left at the scene, perhaps a sign that they had run out of fuel
Read more at http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/long_island&id=9311634
