A Selden man pleaded guilty to striking and killing a woman while she was walking.
On November 5, 2025, at approximately 11:21 a.m., Lan Huynh Truong was driving a 2016 Toyota Camry northbound on Boyle Road in Selden when he swerved into the right-hand shoulder lane and struck Victoria Hutson, 37, of Selden, while she was walking. Rather than reporting the incident, Truong got out of his vehicle, dragged the victim’s body out of his path and onto the shoulder, and then fled the scene.
Good Samaritans attempted to render aid to the victim, but she succumbed to her injuries and died at the scene.
Later that evening, members of the Suffolk County Police Department located the Camry behind Truong’s residence. Law enforcement observed blood on the vehicle’s windshield, passenger-side door, and passenger-side window. The vehicle was seized and an analysis by the Suffolk County Crime Laboratory confirmed that the blood on the vehicle belonged to the victim. Truong was arrested on November 6, 2025.
On June 15, 2026, Truong, 45, pleaded guilty to Leaving the Scene of an Incident Without Reporting, a Class D felony, and Operating a Motor Vehicle Without a License, a Traffic Infraction, before Supreme Court Justice John B. Collins.
Truong was previously convicted of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, a Class E felony, in 2016, and Driving While Intoxicated, a Class A misdemeanor, in 2012.
“After hitting Victoria Hutson with his car, this defendant dragged her body off of the roadway and left her to die without reporting the incident to police or rendering any form of aid,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. “At the defendant’s sentencing, we will be recommending the maximum sentence allowable under the law for leaving the scene, which is two and one-third to seven years in prison. This sentence is grossly inadequate for the conduct and callousness that this defendant displayed. New York lawmakers need to fix this injustice and increase the potential sentence for leaving the scene, a crime that has life and death consequences.”
Truong is due back in court for sentencing on August 12, 2026. The District Attorney’s Office is recommending that Truong be sentenced to 2⅓ to seven years in prison, the maximum sentence allowable under current New York State law.