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September 3, 2015
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Elderly woman killed in CSH crash woodbury road fatality ended in woods
ous car crashes along the road. The town commissioned a trafAn elderly woman died in fic study of the thoroughfare, Cold Spring Harbor Friday eve- but the stretch of roadway along ning when she lost control of which Kouwenhoven crashed her car on Woodbury Road and and lost her life is not in the crashed into the woods. traffic calming study area, acThe Suffolk County Police cording to A.J. Carter, a spokesDepartment said man for the town. 80-year-old Euge- ‘She had a special “The unfortunia Kouwenhoven, way of wrapping nate accident oca Huntington rescurred on a porherself around ident, was drivtion of Woodbury ing a 2014 Buick your heart.’ Road that is past Regal west on the — CatHy aNd Cold Spring Harbor road at the time of waltEr kENNEdy train station, which the crash, close to is not part of the 6:30 p.m. She was pronounced study area,” Carter said. dead later at Stony Brook UniMarilyn McDermott, a versity Hospital. resident of Woodbury Road, Woodbury Road has been the echoed similar sentiments. She topic of much debate at Hun- questioned whether the accitington Town Board meetings, dent had much to do with the as residents have cited numer- safety of the road. She was on By Rohma aBBas
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Photo by Marilyn McDermott
The scene of the Friday evening crash on Woodbury Road.
the scene shortly after the accident and said she didn’t see any skid marks. “I’m not sure if it was inherent of the actual dangers of the road or singular to her,” McDermott said in a Monday phone interview. Kouwenhoven was a widow,
a mother to three children, a grandmother to 10, and a greatgrandmother to four, according to her obituary on A.L. Jacobsen Funeral Home’s website. Attempts to reach Kouwenhoven’s family this week were unsuccessful. CRASH continued on page A22
Campaign Diary
A look at the town board campaigns of Susan Berland and Gene Cook
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Revvin’ it up
Photos by Jared Cantor
on sunday, huntington’s heckscher Park ball field was home to classic cars of all types at the annual Robert J. Bohaty memorial Classic auto show. The event is hosted by the Northport Centerport Lions Club. For more photos, see page a22.