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2-vehicle collision kills man, 96, injures woman, 71

Quick ReadA 96-year-old man riding in an ambulette was killed and a second person critically injured in a two-vehicle collision in East Northport.

Investigators at scene of a two-vehicle crash in

Photo credit: Newsday / James Carbone | Investigators at scene of a two-vehicle crash in which two people were killed in East Northport. Police said an ambulette from Care & Comfort Associates Inc. of Patchogue collided at 5:10 p.m. Wednesday with a 1998 Ford Explorer at Third Avenue and Third Street in East Northport. (April 28, 2010)

A 96-year-old man riding in an ambulette was killed and a second person critically injured Wednesday in a two-vehicle collision in East Northport, police said.

Ulysses Taylor, of Huntington, was pronounced dead at Huntington Hospital, and Lorraine Shanahan, 71, of East Northport, was admitted to the hospital in critical condition, Suffolk police said.

Taylor and Shanahan were passengers...

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