🌱 $100K Raised For DWI-Injured Cop + Route 25 Deadliest Road

Good morning, neighbors! It's me again, your host of the Miller Place-Rocky Point Daily.

Two more pedestrians have been killed by cars. $100,000 has been raised for injured officer Timothy Thrane. And Route 25 is one of New York's most dangerous roads.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 54 Low: 45.

Here are the top stories today in Miller Place-Rocky Point:

1. Peggy Spellamn Hoey reports that a pedestrian was killed on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley on Friday night. It happened at Roberts Road East just before 7 p.m. (Patch)
2. Patch also has the story on a Fund the First fundraiser that has been organized for Timothy Thrane and his family that raised over $100,000 in one day. Thrane has three children and is in a medically-induced coma after being hit by a drunk driver while on duty. (Patch)
3. Lisa Finn tells us that the most "deadly road" in Suffolk County is New York State Route 25, with 17 fatal crashes from 2017 to 2019, a new study by MoneyGeek found. (Patch)
4. News 12 Long Island has the news that another pedestrians was killed by a car nearby. A man was killed near Adirondack Drive in Selden around 6:30 p.m. Friday night. (News 12)

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