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Driver Airlifted To Hospital After Vehicle Strikes Dump Truck On LI Driver Airlifted To Hospital After Vehicle Strikes Dump Truck On LI
Driver Airlifted To Hospital After Vehicle Strikes Dump Truck On LI A 34-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition after the vehicle he was driving on Long Island collided with a dump truck.The crash happened on Montauk Highway near South Country Road in Brookhaven at about 6:30 a.m. on Monday, June 13, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. A 2010 Hyundai was traveling east when the vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic, striking a 2001 Kenworth dump truck, SCPD said.  The driver of the Hyundai, a Mastic man, was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital, police said. The driver of the dump truck, a 70-year-old Bel…

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by Nicole Valinote
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PETA Provides New Tribute To Barney The Bull On Long Island PETA Provides New Tribute To Barney The Bull On Long Island
PETA Provides New Tribute To Barney The Bull On Long Island Gone, but never forgotten. The animal formerly known as Barney, the elusive bull who spent months on the run across Long Island after escaping from a slaughterhouse is now the face of a new ad campaign for PETA celebrating a meat-free lifestyle. Original story - No Bull: Barney Captured After Months On The Run In Suffolk County The bull - who has settled into a new permanent home at a New Jersey animal sanctuary and is now known as Hannibal - has become the face of a new campaign for PETA and the Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION) touting veganism. To celebrate the bull’s escape …

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island Crash Causes Road Closure, Power Outages Long Island Crash Causes Road Closure, Power Outages
Long Island Crash Causes Road Closure, Power Outages A single-vehicle crash on Long Island closed a roadway for hours and caused lengthy power outages. The crash took place around 12:05 a.m., Tuesday, May 11 when the vehicle hit a utility pole in Brookhaven, on South Country Road, said the Suffolk County Police. No one was injured and no arrests were made, police said. PSEG notified the department that the roadway would be closed for an extended period of time while workers replaced the pole, police added. Residents were reported without power for at least nine hours while the utility pole was replaced.

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by Kathy Reakes