Personal Injury Law

What to Do About Suffolk County’s New York Route 347

The tortuous history of New York Route 347 in Suffolk County and its troubles with the traffic impacts of low?density strip mall development has again come to the public fore due to some recent accidents. On July 30, 2008, a Lake Grove woman, Effatolsadat Ghozati, 66, was struck by car and killed while crossing westbound Route 347 near Hallock Road in Stony Brook, New York, on foot at around 10:25 P.M. On August 1, 2008, the front of a 2003 Ford van, going west on State Route 347, smashed into the side of a passenger bus that was heading east on 347 and was attempting to reach a driveway on the north side of the Smithtown bypass. 9 people, all occupants of the van, were injured, and a tenth passenger died after several days in the hospital.

Full post as published by Legal Blog on August 06, 2008 (boomark / email).