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Trooper Injured Arresting Impaired Driver After Southern State Parkway Crash, Police Say Trooper Injured Arresting Impaired Driver After Southern State Parkway Crash, Police Say
Trooper Injured Arresting Impaired Driver After Southern State Parkway Crash, Police Say A New York State Police trooper was injured while attempting to arrest a suspected drunk driver following a crash on Long Island. The incident happened on the westbound Southern State Parkway in Valley Stream, near exit 13, at around 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18. New York State Police said a Honda Odyssey was stopped in the center lane, causing other vehicles to change lanes and collide. After clearing the wreck, the trooper approached the Honda as it sat on the shoulder. While interviewing the driver, 35-year-old Kelvin Almonte, of Brooklyn, the trooper suspected that Almonte was under the infl…

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by Michael Mashburn
Obituaries
'Unfathomable': 23-Year-Old Long Island Man Killed In Crash Remembered As 'Hard Worker' 'Unfathomable': 23-Year-Old Long Island Man Killed In Crash Remembered As 'Hard Worker'
Joshua Perez-Rodriguez, 23, Remembered As 'Hard Worker' Support is pouring in for the family of a 23-year-old Long Island man who was killed in a car crash over the Fourth of July weekend. Joshua Perez-Rodriguez, of Brentwood, died following a two-vehicle collision in Central Islip, at the intersection of East Suffolk Avenue and Carleton Avenue, on Friday night, July 5. Suffolk County Police said he was driving a 2009 Honda Accord northbound on Carleton Avenue when he failed to stop at a red light at the intersection of East Suffolk Avenue and crashed into a 2007 Toyota SUV. Earlier Report: 23-Year-Old Killed, 2 Others Hospitalized Afte…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
23-Year-Old Killed, 2 Others Hospitalized After SUV, Car Crash In Central Islip 23-Year-Old Killed, 2 Others Hospitalized After SUV, Car Crash In Central Islip
23-Year-Old Killed, 2 Others Hospitalized After SUV, Car Crash In Central Islip One person was killed and two others hospitalized in a crash between an SUV and car on a Long Island roadway. It happened Friday, July 5, at 10:20 p.m. in Central Islip. The victim was driving a 2009 Honda Accord northbound on Carleton Avenue. According to Suffolk County Police, he failed to stop at a red light at the intersection of East Suffolk Avenue and crashed into a 2007 Toyota SUV traveling eastbound on East Suffolk Avenue. The driver of the Honda, Joshua Perez-Rodriguez, age 23, of Brentwood, was transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore where he was&nb…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Hit-Run Driver Injures 2 Employees Outside Long Island Campus Hit-Run Driver Injures 2 Employees Outside Long Island Campus
Employees Injured In Hit-Run Crash At Eastern Suffolk Boces Two employees are hospitalized following a hit-and-run crash outside a Long Island school. The incident happened at around 8:30 a.m. Monday, June 24, in the parking lot of Eastern Suffolk BOCES in North Bellport, located on Martha Avenue. Suffolk County Police said a driver struck a 31-year-old Coram man and a 41-year-old Ronkonkoma woman as they walked through the parking lot. The driver then fled the scene. The Coram man was taken by ambulance to Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue and treated for serious injuries. The Ronkonkoma woman was taken to the same hospital for non-life…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Man Attempting To Cross Busy Southampton Roadway Struck By Van Man Attempting To Cross Busy Southampton Roadway Struck By Van
Man Attempting To Cross Busy Southampton Roadway Struck By Van A man who tried walking across a busy Long Island road was taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle.  On Friday, Nov. 18 at round 3:25 p.m., police in Suffolk County responded to County Road 39 at North Sea Road in Southampton after receiving a report of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle, according to Southampton Police.  Upon arriving at the scene, police found 75-year-old Alan Snider of Southampton, who had attempted to cross County Road 39 northbound from North Sea Road against oncoming traffic when he was hit by a Dodge work van driven by a 33-year…

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by Ben Crnic
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9-Year-Old ID's As Victim In Fatal Long Island Crash Between Ford F-150, SUV 9-Year-Old ID's As Victim In Fatal Long Island Crash Between Ford F-150, SUV
9-Year-Old ID's As Victim In Fatal Long Island Crash Between Ford F-150, SUV A 9-year-old has been identified as the person killed in a crash before a pickup truck and SUV on Long Island that injured two others. It happened around 11:35 a.m. Thursday, July 22, in Manorville. A 25-year-old Manorville man was driving a 2014 Ford F-150 westbound on South Street when his truck struck a 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe traveling eastbound on South Street, Suffolk County Police said. The driver of the F-150, the driver of the Hyundai, and his passenger were all transported to Stony Brook University Hospital, police said. The passenger in the Hyundai, Jack Giusto, age 9, …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Ambulance With Patient Aboard Crashes, Injuring Five On Long Island Ambulance With Patient Aboard Crashes, Injuring Five On Long Island
Ambulance With Patient Aboard Crashes, Injuring Five On Long Island An ambulance carrying a patient on Long Island that had its lights and sirens on was struck by a Jeep overnight on Long Island, according to authorities. The South Country Ambulance was traveling in Suffolk County on East Woodside Avenue near the intersection with Country Road 101 in Medford at approximately 10:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, police said.  As it reached the intersection, it was struck by a white Jeep that had been traveling north before striking the ambulance, according to police. The front end of the Jeep was destroyed, while the ambulance suffered damage to the driver…

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by Zak Failla