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Driver shoots himself after crashing van into two cars

A man who crashed his minivan into two vehicles and then fatally shot himself left despondent notes and had an open bottle of liquor in his vehicle, Suffolk police said.

The so-far unidentified driver collided with the car driven by Monica Short, 22, of Shirley, as she drove on Rustic Road in Centereach shortly after 5 p.m. Monday. When she saw a Ford minivan heading toward her, the minivan...

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