Driver, Passenger Killed In Ambulance Crash On Southern State Parkway
The ambulance was heading eastbound on the Southern State when it veered off the highway and hit a brick wall at exit 18 in Lakeview at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday.
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The ambulance was heading eastbound on the Southern State when it veered off the highway and hit a brick wall at exit 18 in Lakeview at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday.
A woman was killed Sunday morning in a Long Island crash after she returned to her overturned car, authorities said.
The crash happened Friday night around 11 p.m. near exit 28S in Wantagh.
A dog he had with him was also killed.
A driver pleaded not guilty Thursday to upgraded charges in a 100-mph crash that killed a man and his two children on Long Island.
Police say a Long Island man has been arrested after troopers found him running on a highway with just a shirt and sneakers.
One man has been released on bail, and another remained in custody Thursday night, in a fiery car crash on Long Island that killed a father and his two young children.
Demetri Stewart pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday in Suffolk County Court on charges related to helping the driver of the vehicle involved in the crash flee.
Oneil Sharpe Jr., 24, was arraigned on charges of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. He was ordered held on $250,000 cash bail or a $500,000 bond.
Ancio Ostane and two children -- Andy Ostane, 8, and Sephora Ostane, 4, were trapped and later pronounced dead at the scene.
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One driver was killed and another critically injured in a head-on collision on the Southern State Parkway.
A fiery crash on the Southern Staten Parkway has claimed the lives of two 19-year-old Queens men.
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The family who died in a crash on the Southern State Parkway last weekend was to be laid to rest on Saturday.
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A judge has denied youthful offender status for 19-year-old Joseph Beer,who was 17 at the time of the crash.
Investigators are working to determine whether speed and alcohol were factors in a wreck Saturday night on the Southern State Parkway that left three children, their mother and their grandmother dead, police said.
Authorities said the group was returning to Brooklyn following a family gathering.
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A New York City teenager has pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in connection with a high-speed Long Island crash that killed his four friends.
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Prosecutors said Joseph Beer, 19, was high and impaired after smoking $20 worth of marijuana and then driving more than 100 mph before crashing off the Southern State Parkway, killing his four teenage passengers.
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