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Drunk 21-Year-Old Crashes Into Vacant Business On Long Island, Police Say Drunk 21-Year-Old Crashes Into Vacant Business On Long Island, Police Say
Drunk 21-Year-Old Crashes Into Vacant Business On Long Island, Police Say A 21-year-old man was hospitalized following a suspected drunk-driving crash into a vacant business on Long Island. The early-morning incident happened in Westbury, on Old Country Road near Carman Avenue, at around 2:40 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 15. Nassau County Police said Aidan Schwartz, of Wantagh, was driving a Honda sedan when he crashed into a vacant building at 1137 Old Country Road. The building formerly housed a Pet Supplies Plus and Taco Joe’s. Officers removed Schwartz from the vehicle, and he was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. No other vehicles were involved and nobody el…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Fire Guts Long Island Deli, Apartment Building Fire Guts Long Island Deli, Apartment Building
Fire Guts Long Island Deli, Apartment Building A fire destroyed a Long Island business and displaced several residents from an upstairs apartment. Nearly a dozen agencies responded to the commercial fire that broke out at around 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 28 in West Babylon, at Frank's Deli on Little East Neck Road. By the time firefighters arrived, flames had spread to much of the deli’s ceiling, eventually causing part of the roof to collapse. It took crews nearly four hours to get the fire under control, according to the West Babylon Volunteer Fire Department. Nobody was in the deli at the time and the occupants of the second-floor a…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Home Struck By 23-Year-Old Driver On Long Island Left 'Uninhabitable' Home Struck By 23-Year-Old Driver On Long Island Left 'Uninhabitable'
Home Struck By 23-Year-Old Driver On Long Island Left 'Uninhabitable' A home on Long Island was left “uninhabitable” after a driver lost control and crashed into it, authorities said. Emergency crews in Hicksville were called at around noon on Wednesday, March 1, with reports that a vehicle had crashed into a home located on Gables Drive, according to Nassau County Police. Pictures on Facebook show a massive hole in the home's front wall with debris spread across the front porch. Another photo shows a white sedan with heavy front end damage on a tow truck.  A preliminary investigation found that the driver, identified only as a 23-year-old man, lost control…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Two Vehicles Slam Into Long Island Subway Restaurant Causing Fire, Injury To Driver Two Vehicles Slam Into Long Island Subway Restaurant Causing Fire, Injury To Driver
Two Vehicles Slam Into Long Island Subway Restaurant Causing Fire, Injury To Driver Two cars ended up inside a Long Island Subway Restaurant following a crash in which one of the vehicles split the other in half, trapping the driver. The incident took place around 10:30 p.m., Friday, March 5, in Nassau County at the Subway on South Main Street in Freeport, said the Freeport Fire Department. When firefighters arrived on the scene they found an overturned car in the building with fire and a driver trapped, Chief of Freeport Department Scott R. Braun said. An inspection of the building found that two cars had entered the building, one of the vehicles, a parked car, was …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Facade Collapses At Long Island Apartment Complex Facade Collapses At Long Island Apartment Complex
Facade Collapses At Long Island Apartment Complex Bricks fell from a facade of a Long Island apartment complex, damaging seven vehicles. The incident took place around 11:18 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 17, at an apartment complex located at 191 Hawthorne Ave., in Central Islip, said the Suffolk County Police. Seven vehicles were damaged.  Officials said there were no injuries.  The Central Islip Fire Department also responded. The Town of Islip Fire Marshal and Building Inspector was notified.

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by Kathy Reakes
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Driver Loses Control, Crashes Into Long Island Building Driver Loses Control, Crashes Into Long Island Building
Driver Loses Control, Crashes Into Long Island Building A driver who lost control of a vehicle slammed into a Long Island building overnight. The incident took place around 7:45 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 1031 Montauk Highway and Van Buren Street in Mastic, said the Suffolk County Police. There were no injuries, and the damage to the building was superficial, police said.

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by Kathy Reakes