Post by coots on Oct 17, 2013 17:47:05 GMT -5
Newsday
NYPD Officer Joseph Capo Killed in Southern Crash
10/17/13 - An NYPD officer returning home to West Islip after work was fatally injured early Thursday when his car struck another vehicle, then overturned several times on the Southern State Parkway in South Farmingdale, State Police said.
Joseph Capo, 27, was pronounced dead at Nassau University Medical Center after the crash at 12:56 a.m. on the eastbound parkway, east of Exit 31, said State Police spokesman Frank Bandiero.
Capo lost control of his 2004 Volkswagen "for unknown reasons" and it hit a 2001 Cadillac before flipping several times, Bandiero said.
The Cadillac's driver, Laurine Noble, 54, of Deer Park, had minor injuries, he said.
Bandiero said Capo was returning home from his shift at the Ninth Precinct in Manhattan's East Village. He did not have any other details.
The officer's death brought tears and devastation to residents of the cul-de-sac where Capo lived with his parents and two younger brothers.
"He's the sweetest kid," said next-door neighbor Roy Rodenburg, 85, a retired railroad clerk. "When it snowed, he was the first one over here. He'd do his own driveway, then he'd start shoveling here."
An NYPD van was parked there Thursday, and several plainclothes NYPD officers were at the home. One officer said no one from the family was available for comment and that they had requested privacy.
Rodenburg said he saw one of Capo's two younger brothers, Daniel, and hugged him.
"He said his brother was in heaven," Rodenburg recounted. "He was consoling me more than I was consoling him."
The retiree, who's lived in his home for 38 years, said Capo's father, Thomas, is a retired NYPD officer and his mother, Michelle, is a teacher.
"They're wonderful people," Rodenburg said. "You couldn't ask for better neighbors."
Another neighbor, Mary Anne Lettieri, answered her door in tears. "I can't even talk about it," she said. "Just the loveliest family."
She said the family is "devastated. We all are."
Capo joined the department in July 2011, according to an NYPD spokesman.
State Police closed the eastbound parkway for more than six hours to investigate the crash. The parkway reopened at 7:27 a.m.
Bandiero said the crash remains under investigation.
Rest In Peace Officer Capo, sincere condolences to his family
A short video shows numerous Suffolk County PD cars at scene as well as a Nassau County PD Amb.
NYPD Officer Joseph Capo Killed in Southern Crash
10/17/13 - An NYPD officer returning home to West Islip after work was fatally injured early Thursday when his car struck another vehicle, then overturned several times on the Southern State Parkway in South Farmingdale, State Police said.
Joseph Capo, 27, was pronounced dead at Nassau University Medical Center after the crash at 12:56 a.m. on the eastbound parkway, east of Exit 31, said State Police spokesman Frank Bandiero.
Capo lost control of his 2004 Volkswagen "for unknown reasons" and it hit a 2001 Cadillac before flipping several times, Bandiero said.
The Cadillac's driver, Laurine Noble, 54, of Deer Park, had minor injuries, he said.
Bandiero said Capo was returning home from his shift at the Ninth Precinct in Manhattan's East Village. He did not have any other details.
The officer's death brought tears and devastation to residents of the cul-de-sac where Capo lived with his parents and two younger brothers.
"He's the sweetest kid," said next-door neighbor Roy Rodenburg, 85, a retired railroad clerk. "When it snowed, he was the first one over here. He'd do his own driveway, then he'd start shoveling here."
An NYPD van was parked there Thursday, and several plainclothes NYPD officers were at the home. One officer said no one from the family was available for comment and that they had requested privacy.
Rodenburg said he saw one of Capo's two younger brothers, Daniel, and hugged him.
"He said his brother was in heaven," Rodenburg recounted. "He was consoling me more than I was consoling him."
The retiree, who's lived in his home for 38 years, said Capo's father, Thomas, is a retired NYPD officer and his mother, Michelle, is a teacher.
"They're wonderful people," Rodenburg said. "You couldn't ask for better neighbors."
Another neighbor, Mary Anne Lettieri, answered her door in tears. "I can't even talk about it," she said. "Just the loveliest family."
She said the family is "devastated. We all are."
Capo joined the department in July 2011, according to an NYPD spokesman.
State Police closed the eastbound parkway for more than six hours to investigate the crash. The parkway reopened at 7:27 a.m.
Bandiero said the crash remains under investigation.
Rest In Peace Officer Capo, sincere condolences to his family
A short video shows numerous Suffolk County PD cars at scene as well as a Nassau County PD Amb.
