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Firefighter Who Lost Both Legs Admits Causing Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Long Island Teacher Firefighter Who Lost Both Legs Admits Causing Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Long Island Teacher
Firefighter Who Lost Both Legs Admits Causing Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Long Island 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…