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Man Airlifted After Pickup Truck Crashes Into Tree Near Long Island Intersection Man Airlifted After Pickup Truck Crashes Into Tree Near Long Island Intersection
Man Airlifted After Pickup Truck Crashes Into Tree Near Long Island Intersection Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that seriously injured a man near a Long Island intersection. It happened around 10:05 a.m. Saturday, July 2 in Huntington. The man was driving a 1996 Dodge pickup truck northbound on Park Avenue when his vehicle crossed over the southbound lane, left the roadway and struck a tree, Suffolk County Police said. Constantine Nektaredes, age 67, of East Northport, was airlifted via Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The pickup truck was impounded for a safety check.&nb…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Gunshots Fired At Long Island Park Forcing Lockdowns Gunshots Fired At Long Island Park Forcing Lockdowns
Gunshots Fired At Long Island Park Forcing Lockdowns A shooting in a Long Island park sent area schools and town hall into lockdown. The incident took place around 9:30 a.m., Monday, Nov. 1, at Heckscher Park in Huntington. Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating said during the incident, shots were fired into a golf cart at the park by a passing vehicle. No one was injured and the vehicle fled the scene. Minutes after the shooting area schools and the Huntington Town Hall, the Village Green, and the senior center on Park Avenue, went into lockdown. School District Superintendent Jim Polansky said in a recorded mess…

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by Kathy Reakes
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LI Woman Involved In Crash Was Driving Drunk With 9-Year-Old Twins In Car, Police Say LI Woman Involved In Crash Was Driving Drunk With 9-Year-Old Twins In Car, Police Say
LI Woman Involved In Crash Was Driving Drunk With 9-Year-Old Twins In Car, Police Say A woman was driving drunk with her 9-year-old twins when she fled the scene of a car crash on Long Island, police say. It happened on Friday, Oct. 11 at approximately 7:20 p.m. in Huntington with her 9-year-old twin children in the vehicle, Suffolk County Police said. Cassidy Bartasi, 49, of Huntington, was driving a 2018 Acura when she sideswiped another vehicle at the intersection of Park Avenue and Main Street and then drove away, police said.  Second Precinct officers located Bartasi in the Acura at the intersection of Park Avenue and Woodhull Road and placed her under …

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by Joe Lombardi