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Leaving the Scene of an Auto Accident with Serious Injury

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Suspect Nabbed After Man's Leg Severed In Hit-Run LI Crash, Police Say Suspect Nabbed After Man's Leg Severed In Hit-Run LI Crash, Police Say
Suspect Nabbed After Man's Leg Severed In Hit-Run LI Crash, Police Say A driver has been accused of leaving the scene of a crash that left a man critically injured on Long Island. The crash happened around 8:45 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20 in Elmont. A 65-year-old man, while attempting to cross Linden Boulevard at 237th Street, was struck by a 2015 Hino flatbed tow truck traveling eastbound that fled the scene, Nassau County Police said.  The man suffered a serious injury to his left leg which was severed below his knee, police said.  Responding officers immediately rendered life-saving aid by applying tourniquets to control the bleeding, police said. …

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by Joe Lombardi