Long Island man pleads not guilty in hit-run death
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[##_1L|1345215839.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]A Long Island man pleaded not guilty on a charge in the hit-and-run death of an East Meadow woman, struck and killed as she waited in her driveway for her husband. Robert Fowler, 57, of Massapequa, was arraigned Sunday in Hempstead on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident involving a fatality. He was ordered held on a bail of $100,000 bond or $50,000 cash after appearing before Nassau County's First District Court.
Fowler was arrested after detectives used Department of Motor Vehicle records to trace broken headlight lenses found at the accident scene to his vehicle, said Nassau County police officer Thomas Blanchard.
Police said Nina Sharma, 49, was struck by the vehicle as she stood at the foot of the family driveway, waiting for her husband, Raj, to bring trash cans to the curb, before they took a late-night walk.
Homicide detectives said the impact threw or dragged her about 65 feet. She was pronounced dead at Nassau University Medical Center.
The couple, who have three children, own a clothing business in Hicksville.
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