Archive for October, 2008

Tri-State Transportation Campaign

October 29, 2008

The Tri-State Transportation Campaign website links to a pdf file with a map of pedestrian deaths 2005-2007 on some streets of Nassau County.  The advantage of their report is that it identifies where and when.  Link to the pdf file is here.

Sunrise Hwy, Freeport, 10.26.2008

October 27, 2008

About 3:30 on Sunday morning, October 26, 2008, a man driving west on Sunrise Highway, Freeport, crashed into a curbside utility pole and a tree before reaching Brookside Avenue.  Sadly, he died.  The newsday.com story is here.

Sunrise Highway, Merrick, 10.16.08

October 18, 2008

More than an hour before dawn on Thursday, October 16, 2008, a driver sadly lost her life on Sunrise Highway westbound at Merrick Avenue.  A gasoline tank truck was stopped at a red light, and she crashed into it.  The newsday.com story is here.

Plandome Road, 10.3.2008

October 5, 2008

About 3 a.m. on Friday, October 3, two cars apparently collided while southbound on Plandome Road, according to newsday.com here.  Unfortunately, a passenger in one car died when it hit a tree.  The other car also hit a tree.  Plandome Road curves from west to south near there.  The driver of the car with the fatality was charged with DWI.