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Driver Flees Fiery DWI Crash In Lindenhurst, Police Say
After driving drunk, crashing his car, and fleeing the scene, a Long Island man was apprehended by police.
According to Suffolk County police, 37-year-old Anthony Lacorte was driving his GMC Sierra while intoxicated at around 11:40 p.m. when he crashed into a parked car on 21 Lido Parkway in Lindenhurst.
Though his car lost a tire in the crash, Lacorte, who is from Massapequa, continued to drive, police say.
About a mile and a half later, at the intersection of Second Avenue and South Fourth Street, the sparks from the tire rim on the pavement caught Lacorte’s car on fire.
Lacorte alle…
