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Funerals set for cops killed in wedding night crash

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The two NYPD officers who died in a car crash Sunday night — hours after one of the cops had been married — will be…
The two NYPD officers who died in a car crash Sunday night — hours after one of the cops had been married — will be laid to rest Friday, according to law-enforcement sources.
The wake for Officer John Martinez — who was behind the wheel of a rented Maserati when it plowed into a tree and flipped onto its roof, killing him and newlywed Officer Michael Colangelo — will be at St. James funeral home in the Long Island town of St. James Thursday, followed by a funeral at St. Patrick’s church in Smithtown the following day, sources said.
Colangelo’s wake and funeral will be held on the same day but at different venues, according to sources. Further details were not immediately available.
The pair had taken the flashy sports car out for a spin at the end of Colangelo’s wedding reception in the Catskills and were speeding and not wearing seatbelts when they crashed, according to state police.
A third man, Colangelo’s friend Cody Kalina, was in the back seat, but he was buckled up and survived the crash.

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