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Drunk Wrong-Way Driver With Prior DWI Crashes On Wantagh Parkway At Twice Legal Limit: NYSP Drunk Wrong-Way Driver With Prior DWI Crashes On Wantagh Parkway At Twice Legal Limit: NYSP
Drunk Wrong-Way Driver With Prior DWI Crashes On Wantagh Parkway At Twice Legal Limit: Nysp A reckless Queens driver with a prior DWI conviction was caught speeding the wrong way while dangerously intoxicated on the Wantagh State Parkway, New York State Police announced on Friday, Feb. 21. Karon Deopersaud, 47, was busted after troopers received frantic 911 calls about a black Toyota RAV4 barreling north in the southbound lanes near Jones Beach State Park just after midnight, authorities said. Troopers swooped in and stopped the vehicle near Exit W4E (Southern State Parkway), averting a potential disaster. Deopersaud reeked of alcohol and failed sobriety tests, registering a stagg…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Fatal Hit-Run Westbury Crash: Drunk Driver From Hicksville Charged, Police Say Fatal Hit-Run Westbury Crash: Drunk Driver From Hicksville Charged, Police Say
Fatal Hit-Run Westbury Crash: Drunk Driver From Hicksville Charged, Police Say A suspect who was allegedly driving drunk has been nabbed in a hit-and-run Long Island crash. Click here for a new, updated story: ID Released For Hicksville Man Killed In Hit-Run Westbury DWI Crash It happened just before 4 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, in Westbury. A gray 2006 Chrysler Sebring was traveling eastbound on Old Country Road when it struck a bicyclist near the intersection of State Street.  The driver of the vehicle, Wilfredo Blanco Molina, age 41, of Hicksville, fled the scene and continued to drive eastbound on Old Country Road, Nassau County Police said. The adu…

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by Joe Lombardi