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Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a 13-year-old girl with Down syndrome on Long Island early Sunday.
Bryanna Soplin was hit shortly after midnight as she crossed the Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown, the Nassau County Police Department said. She was taken to the hospital with head and body trauma, and died about four hours later.
Her mother, Jennifer Curuchaga, said she said goodnight to Soplin and went to sleep but that the 13-year-old left home and started to walk to visit her grandfather.
Police say a 54-year-old motorcyclist was killed when his Harley Davidson sideswiped a car and struck some trees on Long Island.
The crash occurred at 8:55 p.m. Sunday in Rocky Point.
Police say Russell Pallace was riding eastbound on Route 25A when he sideswiped a 2009 Cadillac. Police say he then headed westbound on Route 25A and turned south on Rocky Point Road where he attempted to pass other vehicles.
Police say he lost control of the bike, left the roadway and struck some trees.
The Mastic resident was pronounced dead at the scene.
Vic Nicastro Highway officers investigate a fatal accident on the northbound Clearview Expressway in Bayside.
A 51-year-old Queens woman was killed Friday when her car slammed into the back of a tow truck parked on the shoulder of the Clearview Expressway, officials said.
Ingrid Arcuik, was driving a 2007 Dodge north on the Clearview Expressway near 58th Ave. in Bayside at about 12:30 p.m., when her car veered to the right and struck a Peterbilt tow truck, officials said. She died at the scene.
At least three people died early Saturday morning in a two-car wreck in Farmindale.
Around midnight, two vehicles crashed into each other at the intersection of Conklin and Staples streets. One of the cars was speeding westbound on Conklin when the driver lost control and the car slid 100 feet into oncoming traffic hitting an eastbound vehicle.
Two people were ejected and several people were trapped inside the cars.
In addition to the three killed in the wreck, several people were injured and taken to hospitals.
The driver of a street sweeper on Long Island was killed when the vehicle flipped after getting into an accident with a road paving truck Friday morning, police say.
Authorities say the two vehicles were involved in an accident near Peninsula Boulevard and Lakeview Avenue in Rockville Centre shortly before 7 a.m.
The driver's identity has not been released, and it's not clear what caused the accident.
No charges have been filed.
Police on Long Island say a motorcyclist was killed and his wife was seriously injured when his speeding motorcycle hit a guardrail.
The accident happened shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday in Holbrook.
Suffolk County police say 36-year-old James Burvenich was driving a 2004 Honda motorcycle at a high rate of speed when he lost control on a curve and hit a guardrail. Burvenich was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital. His 33-year-old wife, LeeAnn, who was a passenger, is in serious condition at the hospital. Both husband and wife were wearing helmets.
Police on Long Island are investigating a hit and run accident in Mineola this morning. The accident happened near Jericho Turnpike and Congress Avenue around 9:00 on Friday. Authorities say a vehicle struck a pedestrian, who then flew into another oncoming car. The second vehicle stopped, but police say the first vehicle kept going. The victim is a man, but his condition was not immediately known. Witnesses say the fleeing vehicle was a gray Jetta. They say others tried to get the female driver to stop, but she kept going.
Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a one-car crash that killed an 83-year-old man in Melville last night.
Rafael Ortiz, 57, was driving a 2001 Toyota Camry west on the Long Island Expressway when the vehicle veered off the roadway, striking a pole, east of Exit 50 in Melville at approximately 7:25 p.m.