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Woman charged after deadly crash and car theft on Long Island
A Long Island woman is being accused of not only killing a woman in a deadly drunk driving crash, but also stealing the responding public safety officers vehicle in an attempted escape. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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Woman leaves scene of deadly accident in stolen car
Charges include vehicular manslaughter and DWI.
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Long Island woman allegedly kills driver in DWI, flees in responding officer's car
A 21-year-old Long Island woman was arrested for allegedly fleeing the scene of a deadly accident — in a marked public safety vehicle that had just responded to the scene, authorities say. Rachel Lodice, of Jericho, was driving a 2023 Kia soundbound on Hicksville Road in Massapequa around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday when police say she hit a 2022 Nissan Altima…
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Woman arrested for driving drunk with 4 children in vehicle: Police
A woman was charged with driving drunk on Long Island while she had four children in the vehicle with her, police said, including one child who was less than a year old.
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NY Man Charged in Deadly Road Rage Beating Feet From Victim's House
A 26-year-old Queens man has been arrested for allegedly kicking a 54-year-old driver to death after a collision on Long Island over the weekend, authorities say. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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Long Island Minivan Driver Kicked to Death in Drunken Road Rage Crash: Cops
A 26-year-old Queens man has been arrested for allegedly kicking a 54-year-old driver to death after a collision on Long Island over the weekend, authorities say. According to police, Patrick Destine, of Hollis, was involved in a crash with a minivan driven by 54-year-old David McKenzie near Schuman Place and Forest Avenue in Baldwin shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday. It…
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Man Pleads Guilty to Nearly Killing Long Island Police Officer in 2021 Knife Attack
The man charged with trying to murder a Long Island police officer by stabbing him in the leg during a traffic stop pleaded guilty in the attack, and will spend 16 years in prison.
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Driver Charged With DWI After Wild Crash Lands SUV Atop 2 Parked Cars in Queens Driveway
Driver charged with DWI after a Cadillac escalade went airborne and landed on two other cars in a driveway. Myles Miller reports.
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Driver Charged With Hitting & Killing Man While Drunk
61-year-old man stuck and killed in a diner parking lot by a drunk driver. Greg Cergol reports.
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Pedestrian Exiting Diner on LI Struck, Killed by Intoxicated Driver: Police
A man leaving a diner on Long Island was struck and killed Wednesday afternoon by an intoxicated driver, who is now under arrest, according to police. According to the Nassau County Police Department Homicide Squad, police received reports of the accident that took place around 2:30 p.m. in Woodbury. Detectives say that police responded to the parking lot of On…
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Suspected Drunk Driver Arrested for Deadly NYC Crash With Scooter
One person is dead and another is behind bars after an alleged drunk driving crash in a Queens neighborhood over the long holiday weekend. Police said Jackson Heights crash involved a scooter whose driver did not survive the incident. The driver behind the wheel of a BMW allegedly hit the scooter near 82nd Street and 37th Avenue just before 1…
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NYC Truck Driver Charged After Crash Injures Chicago Youth Hockey Team Players
A New York truck driver faces more than two dozen felony charges following a weekend collision in northern Indiana between his semitrailer and a Chicago youth hockey team’s bus that injured 16 of the student athletes, authorities said. Victor Santos, 58, of Brooklyn, New York, is charged in Kosciusko County with four counts of causing serious bodily injury while operating…