N.Y.P.D. Highway Officer Killed by Drunken Driver, Police Say
Anastasio Tsakos was directing traffic on the Long Island Expressway overnight when he was struck by a woman who the police said was intoxicated and driving with a suspended license.
Anastasios Tsakos was a 14-year member of the New York Police Department.Credit...New York City Police Department
April 27, 2021Updated 12:45 p.m. ET
A New York City police officer died after being hit by an intoxicated driver early Tuesday on the Long Island Expressway, officials said.
The officer, Anastasios Tsakos, 43, was hit around 2 a.m. after being assigned to divert traffic from the highway by exit 26, near the Fresh Meadows neighborhood of Queens, the police commissioner said.