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Van Slips, Fatally Crushes Man Working Under It: Police

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  • Police say a Long Island man has been crushed to death by a van as he worked under it
  • The accident happened shortly before 4:30 p.m. Friday in North Amityville
  • Michael Callejo was working under a 2001 Ford van when the vehicle apparently slipped out of gear and crushed him

Police say a Long Island man has been crushed to death by a van as he worked under it.

The accident happened shortly before 4:30 p.m. Friday in North Amityville.

Michael Callejo, 59, was working under a 2001 Ford van when the vehicle apparently slipped out of gear and crushed him, Suffolk County police said. 

Callejo was pronounced dead at the scene.

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