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New Update: Baby Girl Dies Following Long Island School Bus Crash That Killed Mother New Update: Baby Girl Dies Following Long Island School Bus Crash That Killed Mother
New Update: Baby Girl Dies Following Long Island School Bus Crash That Killed Mother A 1-year-old girl has died following a crash involving a school bus on Long Island that also claimed the life of the child's 31-year-old mother.  Emergency crews in Yaphank were called at around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, May 4, with reports of a crash involving a school bus on County Road 101 near the Long Island Expressway, Suffolk County Police told Daily Voice. According to investigators, Jacklyn Smolian, of East Patchogue, was driving northbound on County Road 101 when the southbound bus attempted to make a left turn onto Express Drive South. The two vehicles collided, with the imp…

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by Michael Mashburn
Obituaries
Funeral Held For Long Island Corrections Officer Killed In Crash Funeral Held For Long Island Corrections Officer Killed In Crash
Funeral Held For Long Island Corrections Officer Killed In Crash A funeral was held for the 25-year-old corrections officer on Long Island who died after being involved in a crash last week. Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon, Jr. said on Monday, June 28 that the men and women of his Office said goodbye to officer Candace Ogiejko, who was killed in a car crash while driving on Sills Road in Yaphank on Wednesday, June 23. Ogiejko joined the Sheriff’s Office in January 2019 and just completed her second year on the force at the time of her death. The funeral was held at St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church in Port Jefferson Station, with the Suffolk Count…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Long Island Woman, Age 25, Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash Long Island Woman, Age 25, Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash
Long Island Woman, Age 25, Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash A woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash overnight on Long Island. It happened on Wednesday, June 23 at approximately 8:40 p.m. in Yaphank. Candice Ogiejko, age 25, of Port Jefferson Station, was driving a 2019 Dodge Ram northbound on County Road 101, when the vehicle veered toward the center grass median, Suffolk County Police said.  When the driver overcorrected, she lost control of the vehicle, which skidded across the lanes and crashed into the northeast corner of Old Dock Road, according to police. The vehicle struck curbing, fencing, and several large trees before eve…

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by Joe Lombardi