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Officer Killed Conducting Traffic Stop Along Long Island Expressway

Officer Michael J. Califano, 44, was sitting in his cruiser while writing a summons for the driver of a box truck he had pulled over, when he was struck by a flatbed truck. The collision pushed his cruiser under the box truck, and the flatbed ended up on his roof.

February 5, 2011
Officer Killed Conducting Traffic Stop Along Long Island Expressway

Photo courtesy of Nassau County PD.

A Nassau County (N.Y.) Police officer with the highway patrol division died from injuries sustained during a chain-reaction wreck where his cruiser was crushed by two trucks.

Officer Michael J. Califano, 44, was sitting in his cruiser while writing a summons for the driver of a box truck he had pulled over, when he was struck by a flatbed truck. The collision pushed his cruiser under the box truck, and the flatbed ended up on his roof, reports ABC.com .

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The accident occurred at 11:20 p.m. Friday in Old Westerbury, N.Y. Officer Califano was cut from the vehicle with heavy tools, and later succumbed to injuries.

The flatbed's 25-year-old driver John Kaley , who may have fell asleep at the wheel, has been charged with one count of negligent homicide and three counts of third-degree assault and failing to move over for an emergency vehicle.