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Pedestrian Killed, State Trooper Hurt In Crash On Meadowbrook State Parkway

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- A crash on the Meadowbrook State Parkway killed a pedestrian and injured a New York state trooper Thursday afternoon.

It happened around noon near the Zeckendorf Boulevard interchange in Garden City.

State Police were investigating a single car crash when they say another driver, identified as 31-year-old Brett Belferder, of Wantagh, hit and killed a pedestrian, identified as 39-year-old Michael Patterson, of Freeport.

A State Police vehicle and a Nassau County Police vehicle were also struck.

The trooper sustained minor injuries in the collision, which remains under investigation.

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