New penalties proposed to end illegal car racing meetups on Long Island

MILLER PLACE, N.Y. -- The fallout continues in the wake of several illegal car meetups on Long Island last weekend. Officials say more arrests are coming and new penalties have been proposed…

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Drunk driver convicted in 2005 Meadowbrook Parkway crash that killed child, limo driver released from prison

Martin Heidgen had been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison after driving the wrong way for nearly three miles. A drunk driver convicted in a 2005 Long Island…

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Driver charged in fatal wrong-way crash on Hutchinson River Parkway was intoxicated, on phone: court docs

The driver accused in the fatal wrong-way collision on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Westchester County was intoxicated and on his phone at the time of the crash, according to a criminal…

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Parents of teen crash victim want driver’s mom punished after texts reveal she knew of son’s reckless speeding habit: ‘Like she handed him an AR-15’

A Michigan couple who lost their 18-year-old star-athlete son in a 100-mph crash last year want the driver’s mom to pay after text messages show she was aware of his reckless…

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Shocking meth details revealed as NY mom who drove on suspended license in wrong-way crash that killed son, 9, held on $1M bail

The Long Island mom charged in the wrong-way crash that killed her 9-year-old son admitted to taking methamphetamine and was driving on a suspended license before the horrific incident, prosecutors said Friday…

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