BABYLON, N.Y., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A graveyard-shift worker at a Long Island, N.Y., recycling yard accidentally crushed his co-worker father to death when he ran him over with a 20-ton payloader.

MANORVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A Long Island, N.Y., girl was accidentally killed by the family's golden retriever, who played tug-of-war with her scarf in the back yard.

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A New York woman has died after being thrown from a twirling, high-speed ride at the Adventureland amusement park in Farmingdale, N.Y.

EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Authorities were investigating the death of an 18-year-old New York youth fatally injured when he fell on the track of an amusement park ride.

BOHEMIA, N.Y., March 10 (UPI) -- A Long Island woman stabbed and killed her lover when he refused to leave her house out of fear she would get caught cheating on her fiancé.

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., March 1 (UPI) -- New York authorities say an 18-year-old slashed his stepfather to death with one of the man's samurai swords, Newsday reported Tuesday.