New York: Nassau County Officer Struck and Killed

Nassau County Police Officer Joseph Olivieri who responded to an accident on the Long Island Expressway was killed in the early morning hours of Thursday October 18, 2012 when he was struck by another vehicle passing the scene of the crash. The crash occurred at 4:43 a.m. on the eastbound roadway near exit 35 in North Hills. "It was a line-of-duty death." "He was struck by a vehicle while investigating an auto accident."