Crime & Safety

Great Neck Man Charged in Fatal DWI

Police say Christian Ludlow, 69, taken into custody after striking pedestrian early Saturday.

A Great Neck man was arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated in the death of a Jericho man early Saturday along the Long Island Expressway, according to the NYPD.

Christian Ludlow, 69, was traveling east near Little Neck Parkway when he struck and killed Jordan Savvides 22, who was walking west along the road at 4:24 a.m., according to police.

Responding officers discovered Savvides lying on the ground with severe body trauma. 

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Emergergency responders prounounced the victim dead at the scene.

Ludlow, of 106 Udall Drive in Great Neck, was arrested at the scene, according to police.

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