Drunk driver kills pedestrian on LIE

A man walking along the Long Island Expressway (LIE) was struck and killed by a drunk driver this weekend, said police.

On Saturday, December 15, around 4:30 a.m. 22-year-old Jordan Savvides, of Jericho, was walking along the LIE near Little Neck Parkway when was hit by a car travelling eastbound.

Authorities pronounced him dead on the scene.

The vehicle’s driver, Christian Ludlow, 69, of Great Neck was arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter and DWI.