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ICYMI: Former Cop Pleads Guilty To Causing Fatal Wrong-Way Crash
Check out this story reported last week on West Islip Patch.
In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in West Islip Patch:
A former police officer pleaded guilty on Monday to causing a wrong-way fatal crash on Sunrise Highway last year, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney.
Robert Scheuerer, 26, of Farmingdale was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, second degree manslaughter, aggravated DWI and second degree reckless endangerment.
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Scheuerer had a blood alcohol content of .17, more than twice the legal limit, over an hour and 14 minutes after the crash on Sept. 27, the DA said. There were reports that he drank 10 pints of beer and a margarita at a bar before the crash.
According to police, he was driving his 2000 Nissan Pathfinder eastbound in the westbound lanes on Sunrise Highway when the SUV slammed into a 2016 Ford van just east of Route 231 in West Islip.
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