Dangerous crossings: Hempstead Turnpike
Photo credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa | Pedestrians crossing at the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike and North Franklin Street. (Jan. 10, 2012)
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The conflict between cars and pedestrians plays out more violently and more often along Hempstead Turnpike's 16 miles through Nassau County than anywhere else on Long Island.
Pedestrians are killed an average of more than five times a year, according to a Newsday analysis of pedestrian accident reports from 2005 through 2010.
Thirty-two people were killed and at least 427 injured in...
