Driver running from crash struck on LIE
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A driver who fled after crashing into a street pole in Hauppauge was struck by a car when he ran across the nearby Long Island Expressway, Suffolk police said Wednesday.
In his Honda, Cesar Mendez, 32, of Brentwood, hit a pole on Route 111, south of the LIE, at 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, police said. He ran across the eastbound lanes of the expressway, where he was hit by a Nissan just west of Exit...
