Ludlam Ave, Bayville, 5.24.2007

On Thursday afternoon, 5.24.2007, two men were riding a motorcycle southbound on Ludlam Avenue (the route to the bridge out of Bayville towards Oyster Bay), when they collided with a left-turning vehicle at West Harbor Drive, which comes in from the east. The motorcycle passenger, age 43, was killed. Newsday has the story here.

Northern State Pkwy 5.20.07

A charter coach bus belonging to Atlantic Express flipped over on the Northern State Parkway, westbound, near Willis Avenue late Sunday, May 20, 2007. Buses of that size are forbidden to use the parkway. This was not a case of a high vehicle hitting an overpass. The bus apparently first swerved to the shoulder, then crossed left to the concrete center barrier, then flipped on the driver’s side. He was crushed to death. Among the puzzling aspects of this crash is that the driver had finished his charter by dropping the Girl Scout passengers in Flatbush. He was supposed to return directly to the bus yard on Staten Island, but hours later was reported to the police by parkway motorists as being an unauthorized vehicle. Newsday carried several stories, including this link.

Merrick Ave, 5.15.2007

A man, 82, was driving south on Merrick Avenue 5.15.2007 about 9:17 a.m. At the intersection of North Jerusalem Road, he was struck by a westbound car driven by a woman from Baltimore without a driver’s license. The man was killed. Newsday.com article here.

Old Brookville 5.12.2007

An SUV going at high speed northbound on Glen Cove Road where it passes through Old Brookville struck a car stopped in a line of cars for the traffic signal at Glen Head Road. A passenger in the struck car was killed, and the force of the oncoming car caused a chain collision involving six vehicles. The driver of the SUV was arrested, charged with criminally negligent homicide. The story is at 1010wins.com here. Newsday on 5.15.2007 reported here that the accused driver posted cash bail.

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Because the driver pleaded guilty to second-degree manslauter, the judge sentenced him December 1, 2008, to two-to-six years in jail.  The newsday.com article here states that the judge allowed the guilty plea because of the difficulty of convicting for first-degree manslauter.

Stuvesant Ave, East Meadow, 5.10.07

What sadness! A woman, mother of three, was struck and killed about 10:45 p.m. on Stuyvesant Avenue, East Meadow, near her home. The Newsday.com article is here. Stuyvesant Avenue runs northeast from East Meadow Avenue and is about eight blocks long.

From 1010wins 5.13.7: A 57-year-old man is under arrest in the fatal hit-and-run accident of a woman who was standing at the end of her driveway waiting for her husband. Nassau police say Robert Fowler of N. Hickey Street in Massapequa is charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving a fatality.