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* UPDATE* Fatal Collision on Sunken Meadow State Park

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Added to The State & Nation: October 13, 2026

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New York State Police identified Gregory Salone, 70, of Kings Park as the person killed after a vehicle crashed into the toll-booth area at the entrance to Sunken Meadow State Park in Smithtown and caught fire at about 1:04 p.m. September 21. Police said the cause remained under investigation as of the October 13 update and that additional information would be posted in the agency’s newsroom.

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