NORTH PATCHOGUE, Long Island -- Police in Suffolk County on Long Island say a 70-year-old woman walking to Christmas Mass in North Patchogue has died after a car struck her.
Police said Barbara Rizzi was struck shortly after midnight Monday as she crossed North Ocean Avenue.
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Authorities say she was heading to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in North Patchogue when the 2016 Nissan four-door sedan hit her.
She was pronounced dead after a North Patchogue rescue squad took her to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue.
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No charges were filed against the 20-year-old Patchogue woman who was driving the car. She was not injured.
Suffolk County Police detectives say anyone with information about the crash should contact them at 631-854-8552.
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