Park Avenue, Long Beach

Lamentably, on the morning of July 28, 2009, a truck westbound on East Park Avenue (somewhere near Neptune Blvd), struck several parked cars and killed a pedestrian on the sidewalk, a man who was leaving a store.   The newsday.com link is here.

Valley Stream, 10.19.2007

A collision on East Merrick Road, Valley Stream, led to the death of a pedestrian on the north sidewalk. A driver exited the parking lot of a credit union located at 264 East Merrick Road, on the south side just east of the LIRR West Hempstead branch trestle. Implied in the report is that she was making a left turn when she collided with a westbound van on Merrick Road. The van, in turn, hit a tree, mounted the sidewalk, killed the pedestrian, and damaged two parked cars. The newsday.com narrative is here.

Lawrence sidewalk, 8.7.2007

In the business district of Central Avenue, Lawrence, a man on the sidewalk was killed in the afternoon of August 7, 2007, when an Aspen backed up, jumped the curb, and shoved him into a building. An Associated Press account on 1010wins.com here quotes a police officer: He said a woman had parked the 2007 SUV and had left the vehicle, when it jumped the curb and struck a man walking on the sidewalk in front of 315 Central Avenue in Lawrence. Looking at other news reports on Google News, I notice conflicting accounts of how the man was killed. The story that appeared on newsday.com did not get into my print edition of 8.8.2007. Suggested keyword search: Lawrence.