🌱 $150M JoJo Wright Lawsuit + Elderly Man Hit By Truck

Happy Thursday, Five Towns! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in town.

A teenaged girl is missing in Nassau County. The family of a teenager who was killed in a car crash is suing Hempstead Town for $150 million. Find out why. And an elderly man was hit by a truck and seriously injured.

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First, today's weather:

Sun, then clouds; breezy. High: 66 Low: 43.

Here are the top stories in Five Towns today:

1. An alert has been issued for a missing teenage girl from Hempstead. Heimy Rodenzo-Flores was last seen leaving her home around 8 a.m. on Tuesday. (Daily Voice)
2. A person on the Long Island Railroad tracks, east of Mineola, was hit by a train and killed Tuesday night at 10:54 p.m. (Daily Voice)
3. Alex Costello has the details on a lawsuit from the family of high school basketball star Jomani "Jo-Jo" Wright, who was killed in a car crash in Uniondale in January. The $150 million lawsuit against the Town of Hempstead and others alleges that the road where the accident occurred was not maintained because it was in a minority neighborhood. (Patch)
4. Jeff Bessen has the update that Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, is the official winner over Democratic Nassau County Executive Laura Curran after all absentee ballots were counted. Blakeman ultimately had a 2,150-vote lead. (LI Herald)
5. Path reports that an elderly man suffered serious injuries after he was hit by a truck in Franklin Square Tuesday. The 86-year-old man was hit by a box truck at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Hempstead Turnpike at 11:05 a.m. and was taken to the hospital. (Patch)

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Today in Five Towns:

• "Straight Out of Brooklyn" FilmShul Presentation, Temple Israel, 7:30 p.m.
• Hewlett High School Interview Day, George W Hewlett High School.
• PTA Meeting, George W Hewlett High School, 9:30 a.m.

Five Towns Patch Notebook

• Patch shows off an impressive house for sale: 270 Ocean Ave. in Lawrence is a 10,000 square foot mansion for sale for $9.25 million. (Patch)

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