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Firefighter Who Lost Both Legs Admits Causing Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Kings Park Teacher Firefighter Who Lost Both Legs Admits Causing Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Kings Park Teacher
Firefighter Who Lost Both Legs Admits Causing Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Kings Park Teacher More than two years after a high school teacher was killed in a drunken, wrong-way crash on a Long Island parkway, the man responsible for the wreck has pleaded guilty. Joseph Norris, age 40, of Babylon, copped to multiple charges, including aggravated vehicular homicide, in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, May 23, in the death of Anthony Mariano in November 2020. According to the Suffolk County DA’s Office, Norris, an off-duty New York City firefighter, had a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit when he got behind the wheel of his Chevrolet pickup truck on the evening o…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Firefighter Indicted For DWI, Killing Man In Wrong-Way Suffolk Crash Firefighter Indicted For DWI, Killing Man In Wrong-Way Suffolk Crash
Firefighter Indicted For DWI, Killing Man In Wrong-Way Suffolk Crash An off-duty FDNY firefighter who allegedly had a blood alcohol content more than triple the legal limit when he killed a man in a wrong-way crash on Long Island has been charged in a nine-count indictment, the Suffolk County District Attorney announced. Babylon resident Joseph Norris, a 15-year veteran of the FDNY, has been indicted for allegedly driving while intoxicated and killing a man in a wrong-way motor vehicle crash on the Sunken Meadow Parkway in November 2020. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said that Norris, age 38, has been charged with: Aggravated vehicular hom…

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by Zak Failla
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IDs Released For Fatal Wrong-Way Suffolk County Crash IDs Released For Fatal Wrong-Way Suffolk County Crash
IDs Released For Fatal Wrong-Way Suffolk County Crash The identities have been released of a man killed and another seriously injured in a wrong-way crash that happened on the Sunken Meadow State Parkway. A pickup truck was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes when it struck a 2007 Mazda CX7 SUV traveling northbound in the northbound lanes at about 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 in Smithtown, north of Exit SM3, state police said. The driver of the SUV, now identified as Anthony Mariano, age 44, of Kings Park, died at the scene, according to state police. The driver of the 2008 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck, identified as 38-year-ol…

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by Joe Lombardi