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Family, friends mourn Brittney Walsh

Brittany Walsh who was killed in a car

Photo credit: Photo by handout | Brittany Walsh who was killed in a car accident last night on Montauk highway in Lindenhurst. (June 25, 2012)

Three days after 18-year-old Brittney Walsh of Lindenhurst was killed in a car crash on the Montauk Highway, those close to her said they were still struggling to move past the harsh, abrupt end to the teen's life.

"We hugged her on Friday, and we have to bury her this Friday," said Liz Gusmano, 46, whose son, Rocco, graduated from Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School with Walsh last week.

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