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Cops: Drunken motorcyclist kills teen changing flat

A bicyclist changing a flat tire on the Wantagh State Parkway bike path was struck by a drunken motorcyclist and killed Monday night, police said.

New York State Police did not immediately release the name of the dead bicyclist, who was identified only as a 19-year-old from Dix Hills.

Police said the crash occurred at 8 p.m., just north of the Goose Creek drawbridge, as the bicyclist...

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