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Records: Company in LIE crash had 23 citations

A tractor trailer and a car are engulfed

Photo credit: Nicholas Rosario | A tractor trailer and a car are engulfed in fire after a massive pile-up between exits 68-69 on the LIE, after the truck slammed into more than a dozen vehicles, killing one person and injuring 32. (Dec. 19, 2012)

The company that owns the tractor trailer involved in Wednesday's fatal 35-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway has been cited for at least 23 unsafe driving violations in the past two years, federal safety records show.

Among the infractions cited were speeding, tailgating, failure to obey traffic-control laws and failure to use hazard flashers. Vehicles owned by the Vermont-based...

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