US EditionNY Police Officer Killed by DWI Driver While Heading to Work: SCPD
Matthew Smith, 20, charged with driving while intoxicated after running a red light and fatally striking off-duty Nassau officer Patricia Espinosa, who leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter.
- Saturday, an off-duty Nassau County police officer was killed in Saint James shortly after 6 a.m., after a crash on Route 347 at Alexander Avenue, authorities said.
- A Suffolk police preliminary investigation found the northbound Chevrolet Silverado blew a red light before striking the westbound 2019 Alfa Romeo on Route 347, and police say the driver was intoxicated.
- Her husband, Officer Francisco Malaga, came upon the crash, and she is survived by her two-year-old daughter Mia, reflecting her family's police tradition.
- The driver and a passenger were treated at Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries; Suffolk County police arrested Matthew Smith, 20, of Hauppauge, charging him with DWI.
- Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman ordered flags at half-staff from Monday until burial, saying he is "heartbroken over the passing of Police Officer Patricia Espinosa, a beloved member of the Fifth Precinct.
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'Dedicated' Police Officer and Mom, 42, Killed in Crash Involving Suspected Drunk Driver: 'A Profound Loss'
Patricia Espinosa, a 42-year-old Nassau County Police officer and mother, was killed in a crash involving a suspected drunk driver on Saturday, Jan. 31. She is being remembered as a 'dedicated public servant' who served her community 'with courage and compassion.'
Off-duty Nassau County cop killed in car crash; suspect charged with DWI
A Long Island man was arrested early Saturday morning in connection with a car crash that killed an off-duty Nassau County police officer. Matthew Smith, 20, a resident of Hauppauge, was driving while intoxicated when he ran a red light and struck another vehicle in Saint James shortly after 6 a.m., according to the Suffolk County Police Department. A preliminary investigation found that Smith was traveling northbound on Alexander Avenue when he…
NY police officer killed by DWI driver while heading to work: SCPD
ST. JAMES, N.Y. (PIX11) -- A Nassau County police officer was killed by a DWI driver while on her way to work on Saturday, according to the Suffolk County police department. A 20-year-old Hauppauge resident was arrested for driving while intoxicated after allegedly blowing through a red light on Route 347 and slamming into the [...]
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