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Hit-And-Run Crash Hospitalizes LI Man: Police
A man was hospitalized on Tuesday after getting hit by a car that fled the scene on Long Island, Suffolk County police say.

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A man was hospitalized on Tuesday after getting hit by a car that fled the scene on Long Island, Suffolk County police say.

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