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Records: Speed, impairment lead causes of Southern State Parkway crashes

Originally published: January 29, 2013 8:01 PM
Updated: January 29, 2013 10:41 PM
By SARAH CRICHTON  sarah.crichton@newsday.com

A single bouquet of flowers lies on the

Photo credit: Jim Staubitser | A single bouquet of flowers lies on the ground at the scene of a Southern State Parkway accident that claimed the lives of two and critically injured three people between Meadowbrook Road and Meadowbrook Parkway. (Jan. 28,2013)

Speed and driver impairment from alcohol or drugs are the leading causes of fatal automobile crashes on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau County, Long Island's busiest stretch of road, state and county records show.

Police said speed was a factor in the two most recent multiple-fatality car wrecks on the parkway. A crash on Oct. 8 killed four teens and one on Sunday left two dead and three...

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