Two die on LI, three in NYC during storm, police say
Heavy snow created whiteout conditions on Long Island on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. Credit: Newsday / William Perlman
Five storm-related deaths, two on Long Island and three in New York City, were reported on Saturday.
A 94-year-old man was found collapsed outside next to a snowblower in Smithtown at noon, Suffolk County police said.
In Nassau County, a 61-year-old man went into cardiac arrest shoveling snow in West Hempstead at 4 p.m., police said.
In New York City, three people died while shoveling snow during the storm — one in Staten Island and two in Queens, said NYPD Chief of Department Jim O’Neill.
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