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Witness: Cop killed in LIE crash was speeding

The expressway driver clipped by an off-duty Suffolk police officer who then lost control and died in a crash, said he was going the speed limit as the officer went by, the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday.

Robert Bowen, 34, of Ronkonkoma, a Third Precinct officer and decorated Marine who served in Iraq and Kuwait, was killed before dawn Sunday on the Long Island Expressway,...

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