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Southern State Hempstead Stop For Blown-Out Tire Leads To DWI Charge, Discovery Of Loaded Gun
A Virginia man is facing DWI and weapons charges following a traffic stop on the Southern State Parkway.
Siwatu Emanuel, age 39, of Richmond, Virginia, was stopped by State Police at around 5:45 a.m. Friday, Nov. 25, as he drove eastbound near the Wantagh State Parkway in Hempstead.
After receiving a report of a Honda Pilot driving erratically in the area, troopers spotted Emanuel’s vehicle near Exit 27N and noticed that his front driver’s side tire was blown out, police said.
During their conversation, Emanuel showed signs of being intoxicated and was arrested for DWI, according to polic…
ID Released For Man Killed In Wrong-Way Wantagh Parkway Crash
The identity has been released of a person killed in a wrong-way crash on Long Island as well as for a man who was hospitalized.
The crash happened on the Wantagh State Parkway just south of the Southern State Parkway in Wantagh at around 5:15 a.m. Thursday, Aug.13.
Alexander Simek, 73, of Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, was driving a 2019 Chevrolet northbound in the southbound lanes when he struck a 2014 Honda, state police said.
The Honda was driven by Jay Lasker, 54, of North Bellmore, according to police.
Simek succumbed to his injuries at the scene, said police.
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Wrong-Way Driver Reported Missing In Connecticut Causes Crash Injuring Four, Police Say
An 82-year-old man who had been reported missing in Connecticut drove the wrong way on a Long Island roadway, causing a three-vehicle crash that injured four.
The crash occurred around 10:22 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, when Burgess E. Moore, 82, of New Britain, Connecticut, was driving a 2012 Subaru Legacy northbound in the southbound lanes on the Wantagh State Parkway near Farmingdale when he struck one vehicle head-on and a third vehicle was unable to avoid the original collision, said New York State Police Trooper Daniel Ahlgrim.
Moore, who has dementia, and was reported missing in Conne…