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DOT: Taconic is generally safer than similar roads

Originally published: July 28, 2009 9:29 PM
Updated: July 29, 2009 9:30 PM
By CARL MACGOWAN AND JOHN VALENTI. carl.macgowan@newsday.com,, john.valenti@newsday.com

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Despite its twisting curves and often steep grades, the Taconic State Parkway is generally safer than similar roads in New York, a state Department of Transportation spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Fatal crashes such as the one Sunday in Briarcliff Manor that killed eight people, including a West Babylon woman and four children, are relatively rare on the Taconic, statistics show.

The crash...

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