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Long Island Man Airlifted After Being Injured By Stump Grinder, Police Say Long Island Man Airlifted After Being Injured By Stump Grinder, Police Say
Long Island Man Airlifted After Being Injured By Stump Grinder, Police Say A Long Island man was seriously injured when his leg became entangled in a stump grinder, police said. The Suffolk County Police Department said an employee of Traditional Tree Service of Smithtown was working at a home located in the 100 block of Ryder Avenue in Dix Hills on Friday, July 16.  Police said that just before 1 p.m., the 33-year-old Huntington Station man slipped and lost his footing, which caused his leg to become entangled in the stump grinder.  Authorities said SCPD Emergency Services and the Dix Hill Fire Department were able to extricate him. The man was t…

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by Nicole Valinote
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ID Released For Long Island Cemetery Worker Killed In Accident ID Released For Long Island Cemetery Worker Killed In Accident
ID Released For Long Island Cemetery Worker Killed In Accident Police detectives investigating the death of a cemetery employee who was killed while working in a grave have released the victim's identity. Rodwin Allicock, age 42, of Coram, was at the bottom of a grave, which was more than 7 feet deep when the incident happened at Washington Memorial Park in Mount Sinai when the grave collapsed at approximately 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 25, said the Suffolk County Police. His co-workers attempted to dig Allicock out but were unsuccessful.  Allicock was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk Count…

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by Kathy Reakes