Joseph Henry Sargent, a 20 year-old boy was killed on the Wantagh Parkway, on Monday March 22nd, due to a fatal car accident. He was on his way home from his girlfriends in Wantagh Woods, when he fell asleep at the wheel at 2:30 am. His 2003, 325 BMW drifted off to the left side of the highway into a tree that pushed the drivers side back into the back seat of the car.
Eight months prior to this fatal accident, a 23 year-old man named Anthony Pittello crashed on this highway not even a quarter mile away from Josephs. Anthony, the driver of a 2007 Honda Civic, lost control and hit a tree at 65 miles an hour with 3 other passengers in the car. Only one survived.
These two accidents that has taken place, has been a tragedy to me, my family, and all my close friends. Joseph is my first cousin, and was one of my closest friends; Anthony was one of my closest friends as well. On Wantagh Parkway there are crosses every few feet. The unsafe roads with no guardrails or lights have caused many deaths. After all the deaths recorded in the same area of Wantagh Parkway, the State of New York has finally decided to put up lights and guardrails to prevent fatal car accidents, with the help of the television’s breaking news to the public, the paper, and media. Many kind people who didn't even know the people who have died on the Wantagh Parkway has made phone calls to the town complaining about hearing of the tragic accident stories too often, and for a demand of change, and help. Having two of the closest people in my life killed on the Wantagh Parkway has changed my life as well as many people surrounding my friends and family. I am glad that they are finally doing something about this dangerous road.
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