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Sandy damage in Franklin Square, Long Island (credit: Michael Salerno)

Long Island Man Killed While Cutting Trees Damaged By Sandy

A Centereach, Long Island, man died Tuesday morning, cutting trees in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

2012/11/06

Brandon Turner's green Honda Civic (Credit: Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

Authorities: 28-Year-Old Man Dies After Plowing Into Yonkers Police Cruiser

Authorities said that they tried to pull Brandon Turner over. He then sped off and collided head-on with a Yonkers police cruiser on South Broadway and Terrace Place in Yonkers, killing him and injuring two officers.

2012/09/22

Attorney Alan Dershowitz (file/credit: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images)

Trial Under Way In Hit-And-Run Death Of Attorney Alan Dershowitz’s Sister-In-Law

Driver Ian Clement has been charged with leaving the scene of the accident after his truck hit and killed 68-year-old Marilyn Dershowitz. Clement’s defense is that he did not know he had hit the woman.

2012/09/11

NYPD Cruiser/file (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Manalapan Man Killed After Car Strikes New York City Bus In Brooklyn

Police said a Chevy Trailblazer struck a city bus that was traveling in the opposite lane of traffic on Saturday afternoon. The driver, 40-year-old Adam Nicholson of Manalapan, N.J., was pronounced dead at the scene.

2012/05/13

Woman Struck By Q44 Bus In Flushing

Police said 22-year-old Meilan Jin was struck and killed at Northern Boulevard and Union Street in Flushing shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday.

2012/02/22

Police: Wrong Way Driver Caused Fatal Crash On FDR Drive

A driver travelling the wrong way on the FDR drive caused a fatal chain reaction crash early Sunday morning.

2012/02/12

Pedestrian Hit, Killed In Bronx

Bosey L. Johnson, 53, of the Bronx, was hit while crossing Boston Road near 174 Street at 11:20 p.m. by a vehicle traveling southbound, which threw him to the pavement in the northbound lane, police said.

2011/11/20

Essex County Arrests Man For Fatal Hit-And-Run

Detectives from the county prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force arrested 42-year-old Luis Cruz, of Nutley, in connection to a fatal hit-and-run, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced on Saturday.

2011/09/24

Town of Hempstead public safety officer Robert Core was charged with vehicular manslaughter and DWI in connection with a fatal accident on June 15, 2011. (Credit: CBS 2)

Hempstead Public Safety Officer Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter, DWI After Fatal Accident

A trusted Town of Hempstead public safety officer was behind bars on Friday, accused in a deadly drunk driving crash in East Meadow.

2011/07/15

Woman Swerves Into Truck, Causing Fatal Accident

Police said a Connecticut woman was drunk behind the wheel when she swerved her car into a tractor trailer, killing the truck driver and a passenger.

2011/05/08

L.I. Hit-And-Run Kills Pedestrian

A pedestrian was struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident on Friday night on Long Island.

2011/04/30

Woman Dies In Late-Night Crash On Long Island

A woman died late Friday night after her car crashed into a parked car before knocking down utility poles and catching on fire on Long Island, police said.

2011/04/09