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Sunday, April 13, 2014Area:
New York, NYA 28-year-old woman was charged with manslaughter Monday - hours after she crashed her Infiniti sedan in Queens, killing the 29-year-old man sitting next to her, cops said.
Sharlene Numa, of Roosevelt, Long Island, was traveling east on the Belt Parkway when she sideswiped a 2012 Mercedes and careened into a tree in Rosedale around 4:15 a.m., cops said.
Her passenger went into cardiac arrest and died at 4:50 a.m. at Jamaica Hospital, cops said. Release of his identity was pending family notification.
Numa was charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated, cops said.
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Monday, April 7, 2014Area:
New York, NYAn SUV went out of control and crashed into a store in Patchogue on Long Island Tuesday afternoon.
The accident happened around 3:00 p.m. near Route 112 and Main Street.
Police say a person was getting an oil change at Jiffy Lube when a man jumped into their car and drove away.
A police officer saw the incident and attempted to pull the man over. The suspect did not stop and drove down Rt. 112 until he crashed into the front of Avenue Sound, according to police.
A customer and the manager saw the vehicle coming and both ran out of the way.
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Sunday, April 6, 2014Area:
New York, NYA Long Island man was killed Tuesday morning following a harrowing head-on car crash in Brooklyn, officials said.
Nikon Bouyiousklis, 60, of Valley Stream, died from the injuries he sustained during the 4:45 a.m. crash on Remsen Ave. near Glenwood Rd. in Canarsie, officials said.
Bouyiousklis was behind the wheel of a Toyota Camry when he was hit by an Infiniti G37 sedan at the intersection.
Paramedics rushed Bouyiousklis to Brookdale University Hospital, where he died, officials said.
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Monday, March 31, 2014Area:
New York, NYOne person is dead and two others injured when a Coach charter bus and a pickup truck collided on Long Island Tuesday morning.
The incident happened at Roslyn Road and Heathcote Drive in Albertson around 9 a.m.
The collision sent the bus careening into a tree.
The driver of the pickup truck was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Monday, March 10, 2014Area:
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MNA motorcyclist struck a pothole along a winter-worn stretch of a Minneapolis interstate and was thrown to his death, authorities said Wednesday.
Anand Baskaran, 30, of the Long Island community of East Northport, N.Y., hit the pothole along eastbound Interstate 394 near Theodore Wirth Parkway about 9:50 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the State Patrol. Baskaran was wearing a helmet.
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Thursday, March 6, 2014Area:
New York, NYNassau County police say an 81-year-old woman has died after being thrown from her car in a crash.
The accident happened at 4 p.m. Friday in Hicksville.
Police say the woman was driving a Toyota when it accelerated and hit a Ford Focus.
The Toyota was redirected into the path of a tractor-trailer.
The impact of the collision caused the woman to be ejected from her car. She was transported to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The woman's identity is being withheld pending family notification.
No criminal charges were filed and no other injuries were reported.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014Area:
New York, NYTwo Long Island teenagers were killed in an overnight car accident in Roslyn Heights.
Police say 19-year-old Steven Clancy was driving 19-year-old Javier Gonzalez when the Volkswagen Jetta they were in crashed into a tree on Roslyn Road near Locust Lane.
Both men were pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation into the accident continues.
Friends of the best friends say they were out celebrating Gonzalez' 19th birthday.
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Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
New York, NYFour people were injured when a car crashed into a building Tuesday at 300 Middle Country Road in Smithtown, Long Island.
The driver, a 75-year old woman, and three people inside the building were transported to Stony Brook University Hospital.
The others hurt were a female employee, a mother and her 9-year old son.
There are a number of offices in the building, including a doctor's office and a law office.
The first 911 caller said a doctor and two other people were in the room that the car crashed into.
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Monday, February 17, 2014Area:
New York, NYTwo people were killed in a one-car accident on the Long Island Expressway in Queens early Tuesday.
The crash happened just before 1 a.m. between the Utopia Parkway and the 164th Street exits in Fresh Meadows.
Police say the driver was heading west in an Audi sedan when he lost control and hit a tree, killing himself and a passenger.
They were pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities are investigating the cause, but one eyewitness says the driver was speeding.
The identities of the deceased are being withheld pending family notification.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014Area:
New York, NYThe search is on for a hit-and-run driver who struck and seriously injured a teenager on Long Island.
The crash happened just before 4 p.m. Thursday on Hempstead Turnpike near Shelter Lane in Levittown.
Police say the 14-year-old girl was on her way home from school, crossing the very busy Hempstead Turnpike against the light, when she was struck.
She was walking with her classmates, who waited at the curb while she decided not to wait for the green light.
A brown or tan car struck the girl with such force that she was thrown into the air.