Long Island parkway bridges named in honor of fallen state troopers
Three heroes who died in the line of duty while protecting Long Islanders received long overdue honors Friday.
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Three heroes who died in the line of duty while protecting Long Islanders received long overdue honors Friday.
Investigators said it started after a driver crashed and showed signs of an opioid overdose.
It happened around 5:15 a.m. on the southbound side, just south of the Southern State Parkway, New York State Police said.
Police said Burgess Moore, of New Britain, Connecticut, was reported missing before the wreck.
It happened just before midnight on the Wantagh State Parkway north of where it meets the Southern State Parkway in Wantagh.
Matthew Donde, 18, and his girlfriend Jessica Sill, 15, were struck by an unknown vehicle after they had car trouble on the southbound Wantagh State Parkway south of Merrick Road around 3 a.m. Tuesday.
Troopers say 56-year-old Nancy Boland was arrested for manslaughter and other charges after she allegedly stabbed her ex-husband, 58-year-old Walter Boland, during some sort of domestic dispute on Wednesday.
A New Hyde Park man who admitted driving his motorcycle drunk in a crash that killed a Dix Hills teenager has been sentenced to up to nine years in prison.
State police say they will begin searching the southern Wantagh State Parkway from Merrick Road to Ocean Parkway beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday.
