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Quick-thinking driver stops cop in alleged wrong-way incident

A potential tragedy was averted when a quick-thinking driver spotted an NYPD officer who was going the wrong way on the Sagtikos Parkway while allegedly being drunk. Eric Minkoff, of New Hyde Park, says

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Dec 6, 2011, 7:53 PM

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