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 five-car collision left two people dead Friday night in North Bellmore, according to authorities.
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By Erik Hawkins
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11/5/16
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A group of Merrick Avenue Middle School students were unharmed Wednesday morning when their bus was struck by another vehicle on the way to school on Merrick Avenue.
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By Erik Hawkins
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10/19/16
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In two days, two motorcyclists crashed in the Bellmore-Merrick area. One was killed, and the second was rushed to a nearby hospital in serious condition, according to Nassau County police.
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By Scott Brinton
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10/8/16
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A large limb of an oak tree, which appeared to have partly rotted out, crashed onto two moving cars at Hewlett and Loines avenues in Merrick Woods on July 22 around 1 p.m.
No one was hurt, …
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By Scott Brinton
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7/22/16
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Updated 12:15 p.m., March 11: A Brooklyn man was arrested and charged with grand larceny, weapon possession and a battery of other charges after he stole a Village of Freeport police SUV on Thursday around 10:10 p.m., Nassau County police say.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/11/16
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North Merrick firefighters used the Jaws of Life to rip the roof and doors off a car to get at passengers who were trapped inside the vehicle after they ran off a northbound lane of the Meadowbrook Parkway on Sept. 7 around 4:30 p.m., according to James Rogers, the North Merrick Fire Department chief.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/10/15
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A car hit a man during rush hour last Friday afternoon as he walked across Sunrise Highway at Merrick Avenue, according to the Nassau County Police Department. An ambulance rushed the man to a local hospital, which admitted him in “serious condition.”
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7/29/15
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The Eagle Avenue bridge, off exit 18 of the Southern State Parkway, isn’t just any old overpass. With a height of just 7 feet, 7 inches, it has one of the lowest clearances of any bridge on any Long Island parkway, and is struck from beneath by oversized trucks an average of three times a year, according to the New York State Department of Transportation.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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2/25/15
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A red sedan slid off Merrick Road at 9:10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2, as it traveled east between Babylon Road and Lindenmere Drive, clipping one tree and slamming into another in front of Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick.
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By Brian Racow
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2/13/15
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