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.
