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flag Off-duty Nassau County cop Patricia Espinosa, 42, died in a red-light crash on Jan. 31, 2026, after being hit by a DWI suspect’s vehicle.

flag Off-duty Nassau County police officer Patricia Espinosa, 42, was killed in a crash on Route 347 in Saint James, Long Island, early January 31, 2026, after being struck by a northbound vehicle that ran a red light. flag The driver, 20-year-old Matthew Smith of Hauppauge, was charged with DWI and arrested; he and his 25-year-old passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries. flag Espinosa, a mother of a two-year-old daughter, was remembered as a dedicated officer from a law enforcement family. flag Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman ordered flags flown at half-staff, and the Nassau County PBA mourned her death as a preventable tragedy.

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