Anyone driving on the Southern State Parkway knows it’s not an easy highway to travel. There are a lot of accidents, but there’s simply too many vehicles.
But one fix offered by the …
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By Kyle Chin
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8/11/22
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For many years, the Southern State Parkway has been known as one of the most dangerous thoroughfares in Nassau County . . .
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7/22/21
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South Shore elected leaders are calling on the state to upgrade safety measures on Long Island parkways after a charter bus carrying students from Kennedy Airport to Suffolk County recently crashed into the Eagle Avenue bridge in Lakeview, nearly shearing off the bus’s roof and injuring three dozen students and chaperones, six of them seriously.
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By Scott Brinton and Nakeem Grant
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4/9/18
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation today that will rename a section of the Southern State Parkway in honor of fallen NYPD Det. Steven McDonald.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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8/17/17
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A bill introduced last Thursday in the State Senate, sponsored by the entire Long Island Senate delegation, would rename a 10-mile stretch of the Southern State Parkway in honor of Malvernite and NYPD Detective Steven McDonald, who died Jan. 10. The bill, which is expected to pass the Senate this session, proposes to rename the parkway the Steven McDonald Memorial Highway.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/2/17
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Joined, in front of the North Merrick Fire Department, by several local firefighters, as well as Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, 8th District Senator John Brooks called on Sunday for the state to look into making the Southern State Parkway safer.
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By Erik Hawkins
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3/27/17
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A 26-year-old Amityville man is being charged on multiple felony accounts after fleeing the scene of a single-car crash off the westbound side of the Southern State, according to a press release from New York State Troop L.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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3/20/17
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A 28-year-old Suffolk County woman was killed when she apparently lost control of her car on the Southern State Parkway as she approached the Newbridge Road exit in North Bellmore and crashed. According to a witness, the driver was ejected from the westbound vehicle.
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By Scott Brinton and Daine Taylor
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3/28/16
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A van carrying five disabled passengers careered off the Southern State Parkway in North Merrick around 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 and crashed into a tree, according to James Rogers, the North Merrick Fire Department chief.
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By Scott Brinton
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11/12/15
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New York State Police are investigating a traffic fatality on the Southern State Parkway, near Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick, around 6:10 a.m. on Monday.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/26/15
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