MONTICELLO – Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Schiff is asking for the public’s assistance in locating the driver and vehicle involved in a fatal hit and run collision on Saturday night.
Deputies were called to 2642 State Route 52 in Liberty at about 9:45 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian struck. The location is between Frankie Lane and Hanoffee Drive. At the scene deputies found 60-year-old Dennis Toscano dead on the shoulder of the highway. The investigation revealed that the victim was unloading groceries from his car when a vehicle, traveling westbound towards White Sulphur Springs, struck him and fled the scene.
Sheriff’s detectives believe that the suspect vehicle is a 2010 to 2012 dark blue Subaru Legacy. The vehicle has front end damage.
Anyone with information on this vehicle or suspect driver is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 845-794-7100 or the sheriff’s confidential Tips Line at 845-807-0158.
Sheriff’s deputies were assisted at the scene by the Liberty Fire Department, State Police, Liberty Village Police, District Attorney’s Office and State DOT.
