An NYPD highway officer died after he was struck by a hit-and-run motorist on the Long Island Expressway near Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens on Tuesday, police officials said. Here is Newsday's Chelsea Irizarry with the report. Credit: Newsday staff; Photo Credit: Tsakos family

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