‘Devastated’: Support Growing For Family Of Long Island Woman Killed By Hit-Run Driver

Jennifer Bianco, age 42, was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Holtsville, on North Ocean Avenue near Fish Road, on Saturday night, May 20. © Provided by Daily Voice Nassau County NY Jennifer Bianco, age 42, was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Holtsville, on North Ocean Avenue near Fish Road, on Saturday night, May 20.

As police continue searching for the driver who hit and killed a woman on a busy Long Island roadway, the victim’s family is working to raise enough money to pay for her funeral expenses.

Jennifer Bianco, age 42, of Bay Shore, was found dead in a grassy area ^[1] of Holtsville, along North Ocean Avenue near Fish Road, on Sunday morning, May 21.

Suffolk County Police determined that she had been struck several hours earlier by a vehicle that fled the scene.

Investigators asked the public to be on the lookout for a 2019 to 2022 blue Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck believed to be connected to Bianco’s death.

As of Wednesday, May 31, no suspects had been identified or arrested in the case.

Police are looking for a blue Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck in connection to a hit-and-run crash that killed a 42-year-old Bay Shore woman on North Ocean Avenue in Holtsville on Sunday, May 21.

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Police are looking for a blue Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck in connection to a hit-and-run crash that killed a 42-year-old Bay Shore woman on North Ocean Avenue in Holtsville on Sunday, May 21.

Google Maps street view/Wikimedia Commons user deathpallie325

Meanwhile, efforts are underway to help her family cover memorial expenses.

Writing on a GoFundMe page ^[2], Bianco’s cousin Donato Sangemino said Bianco’s mother has now lost two of her four children in the past several years.

“Our family is devastated,” he said. “No mother would be prepared to bury their children and here she is a second time.”

The campaign had raised over $600 toward its $15,000 goal as of Wednesday evening. Those who wish to support the fundraiser can do so here ^[3].

“Any and all donations would be greatly appreciated,” Sangemino said.

Anyone with information on Bianco’s death is asked to contact the Suffolk County Police Department at 631-852-6553 or Crime Stoppers ^[4] at 1-800-220-TIPS.

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^{^} found dead in a grassy area (dailyvoice.com)
^{^} GoFundMe page (www.gofundme.com)
^{^} do so here (www.gofundme.com)
^{^} Crime Stoppers (suffolkpd.org)