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Wake held for Nassau officer killed on LIE

Hundreds of mourners paid their respects to Joseph

Hundreds of mourners paid their respects to Joseph Olivieri, the Nassau highway patrolman who was struck and killed while responding to a crash on the Long Island Expressway, at his wake at the Ronkonkoma Fire Department. Videojournalist: Chris Ware (Oct. 20, 2012) (October 21, 2012 12:04 AM)

Hundreds of mourners paid their respects at a wake Saturday for the Nassau highway patrolman killed while responding to a crash on the Long Island Expressway.

Fellow police officers, friends and family of Joseph Olivieri gathered at the Ronkonkoma Fire Department, where the veteran officer lay in an open casket dressed in his uniform.

"He was such a great man and such an excellent cop....

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