A Suffolk County police officer was killed in a crash in Commack this morning around 4 a.m. Newsday reports, "A vehicle driven by a man in his 20s apparently tried to make a left turn while going south on Commack Road and broadsided the officer's car"—which was going north on Commack Road at Motor Parkway—"The police car spun around, struck a traffic pole, and immediately burst into flames." And apparently the fire was so immediate that "no rescue attempts were possible." The driver, who lives in Nassau County and is in his 20s, stayed on the scene and was arrested for DWI; the police officer, described as a "dedicated, hardworking," was on his way to assist a fellow officer. Last May, a Nassau County police officer was critically injured when, after pulling over a drunk driver, his patrol cruiser was rear-ended by another drunk driver. The incident prompted Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi to create the "Wall of Shame."
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