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26-Year-Old LI Man Killed In Crash Was ‘Deeply Loved’, Fundraiser Launched For Family
Following the shocking death of a 26-year-old man in a Long Island car crash, his loved ones have launched a fundraiser while struggling with the grief.
Matthew Schneider, of Selden, was killed in the wreck Tuesday, Sept. 8 in Holbrook, Suffolk County police said.
“Matthew was a deeply loved son, family member, and friend, and there are so many people trying to understand how someone so young, with so much life still ahead of him, could be gone so suddenly,” organizer Katie Damico wrote in a GoFundMe. “It does not feel real, and it is impossible to make sense of a loss like this.”
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LI Father Killed In Nasty One-Car Crash 'Loved His Family More Than Anything': Fundraiser
A Long Island driver was killed in a one-car crash into a local fire station on Wednesday, Sept. 9, police said.
Michael Peattie, 41, of Sayville, struck Bethpage Fire Department Station 4 around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Peattie was driving eastbound on Stewart Avenue through Bethpage in a 2024 Mazda when his vehicle left the road, struck a utility pole, and smashed into the fire station, authorities said.
Pictures from the scene showed a heavily damaged, hardly recognizable vehicle up against the station’s exterior walls, according to LI Fire Buff.
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