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Driver from Wantagh killed in Vets Highway crash

Investigators at the scene where the driver of

Photo credit: James Carbone | Investigators at the scene where the driver of a truck, above, crashed into the guardrail on westbound Veteran's Highway near Suffolk Avenue around 5:10 a.m. (Nov. 30, 2009)

A Wantagh man died in a one-vehicle crash early Monday morning in Islandia, apparently after suffering a "medical emergency," police said.

George Geddes, 52, if 3374 Park Ave., was driving a 2006 Kenworth flatbed truck northwest on Route 454, Veterans Memorial Highway, at 3:30 a.m. when the truck collided with the guardrail at what police called "a low rate of speed."

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