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Separate car crashes kill 2 Suffolk cops

Flags at two Suffolk police departments flew at half-staff after car crashes killed two officers, both former U.S. military personnel, and cast the police forces and the men's families into mourning.

The crashes - occurring 13 hours apart between Sunday afternoon and early Monday in Islandia and Eastport - also killed Christian Gomez, 33, of New Hyde Park.

The officers were identified...

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