Mom: Teen killed in accident wasn't allowed to cross Sunrise
Quick ReadA Wantagh teen was struck as she tried to make it across the six-lane highway at the intersection of Wantagh Avenue at 6:20 a.m., police said.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Christina McFadden, Nicolette Mallios, and Maria Cochikas, friends of Brittany Vega, leave a candle near where Vega was hit on the Sunrise Highway in Wantagh, Wednesday. (Sept. 22, 2010)
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At 14 years old, Brittany Vega was starting her first year at Wantagh High School and getting her first taste of independence, her family said.
Wednesday, she walked the nearly two miles to school instead of waiting for the bus. Then, despite being forbidden by her family to cross busy Sunrise Highway, she tried to do just that - and never made it.
The freshman was struck by a westbound...
