Police: Port Washington Schools superintendent charged with DWI; seriously injured motorcyclist

Michael Hynes is accused of driving drunk and seriously injuring a motorcyclist in a crash in Sayville. Michael Hynes, the outgoing Port Washington Schools superintendent, was arrested Saturday, accused of…

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Police: Multiple boats catch fire after driver crashes into Babylon boatyard; driver charged with DWI

Police and a bystander had to pull the driver from her car after the crash.First responders and a bystander had to rescue a West Islip woman from her car Sunday…

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Suffolk PD: Grandmother killed by drunk driver in Middle Island crash was in car with her daughter, granddaughter

According to police, 31-year-old Melissa Koprowski, of Yaphank, was driving eastbound on Middle Country Road when she attempted to make a left turn onto Wading River Hollow Road. Instead, they…

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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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