Police say a 70-year-old Uber driver struck another vehicle at Atlantic Avenue. That vehicle was thrown into a party bus.
Officer Ross Dichter, weakened by surgeries and chemotherapy, is continuing to work from his Lynbrook home as a crime analyst for the NYPD's Office of Crime Strategies.
The force of the collision sent the officer's car into a tree. He was pronounced dead at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream.
Officials say the man was crossing at the intersection of Blossom Heath Avenue and Merrick Road around 8 p.m. Thursday when he was struck by a black car.
Police say when they arrived along with the Lynbrook Fire Department, they found that someone had thrown two rocks through the side drive-thru window and the front glass door.
Surveillance video from the Sweet Serendipity Bakery in Lynbrook shows the man taking cash from three jars.