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Date: 
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
66-year-old Ishwer Wadhwa was crossing 5th Avenue at about 8:47 p.m. when she was struck by car driven by Jerson Ventura, 32, who was traveling north. Venture properly reported the accident, and Wadhwa was declared dead at the scene by a physician's assistant from the medical examiner's office.
Date: 
Saturday, April 4, 2015
It was about 1:00 p.m. when a 97-year-old woman drove into the water at the Bay Shore Marina, near the end of Clinton Avenue. Police responded to the scene to find her up to her neck in water within the vehicle, which had its windows up and doors locked. After breaking the window, a police officer and good Samaritan lifted the woman from the car, and she was hospitalized with injuries described as non-life threatening.
Date: 
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Jessica Ortiz, 21, was in her vehicle on the shoulder of Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore when another car struck her at approximately 12:30 p.m. Ortiz's vehicle then crashed into the back of the tow truck that was parked in front of her vehicle. She was transported to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, where she was pronounced deceased. Raymond Reinhardt, the 51-year-old driver of the vehicle that crashed into Ortiz was also transported to the hospital and he is listed in critical but stable condition. The tow truck driver was not hurt.