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Autism Expert Killed In Alleged DUI Crash On LI
Stony Brook University Professor Edward Carr Dead After Collision With Suspected Drunk Driver Jun 22, 2009 7:38 pm US/Eastern STONY BROOK, N.Y. (CBS) ―A Long Island community is mourning after a strong voice in autism research is silenced, allegedly by a drunk driver. Professor Edward Carr developed widely used techniques for dealing with people with autism. Stony Brook University colleagues openly wept. The couple's only child, Aaron, struggled to keep his composure. His internationally known father, Edward Carr, an expert in autism research, was dead. His mother, Ilene Wasserman, also a noted psychologist, was barely clinging to life. Both were victims, say police, of a 66-year-old intoxicated driver. "I think the best thing you can do, when people make mistakes like that, is learn to forgive, and not continue to be angry and hate," Aaron said. "It's just so darn hard. A useless death, useless," Edward's brother, Allan Carr, said. "He had so much to do, he was just starting to get into a new development for autism." The Carrs were returning to their East Setauket home Monday afternoon when, police say, a drunk from Rocky Point, Michael Koss, swerved his Jeep – with two passengers – head-on into the Carrs' Honda Civic. "Ted was probably our most popular professor in the department," Stony Brook colleague Professor Patricia Whitaker says. "He always won 'Teacher of the Year' awards" Coworkers say that every day Carr's psychology students would come in for office hours to chat with their brilliant, funny, charismatic, professor, a world-renowned autism expert. "Everyone in the autism community is in shock," Lauren Adamek, Carr's graduate assistant, says. "Ted was in the business of really trying to provide hope for families." The university says it is devastated by the loss. The senior citizen suspect was also injured, suffering a broken leg in the crash, but is recovering at Stony Brook University Medical Center. The alleged perpetrator is due to be arraigned at his hospital bedside on charges that are expected to be upgraded. http://wcbstv.com/topstories/autis... Posted on 06/23/09, 07:06 pm |
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Wife of professor in fatal crash taken off life support
BY JENNIFER BARRIOS | jennifer.barrios@newsday.com Psychologist Ilene Wasserman was a slight woman, so petite that her colleagues jokingly nicknamed her "Birdie." "She was this fragile-looking individual, but she really had the heart of a warrior," said Michael Canzoniero, a psychologist in Shoreham. Tuesday, friends and colleagues recalled the 58-year-old Wasserman as a warm, kind woman who strove for the best for her patients. Wasserman, 58, and her husband, Stony Brook University professor and autism expert Edward "Ted" Carr, 61, were critically injured in a car crash on Saturday afternoon that police said was caused by a drunken driver. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/... 
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Carr died on Saturday. Wasserman, who was brain dead, was taken off life support at Stony Brook University Medical Center Monday night. A funeral for the couple will be held Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at Shalom Memorial Chapels in Smithtown. Barbara Fontana, a psychologist who practices in Shoreham, said Wasserman made a difference in the lives of her patients. "I was always struck by how deeply she cared," Fontana said. "She took her work very seriously." Wasserman was part of a small group of psychologists who met once a month to talk about issues relating to the profession. Although she was a highly talented psychologist, Fontana said, she was low-key about her talents. "She was not in the limelight but was well-respected for her work," she said. Wasserman had her appointment book with her when the crash occurred. Her fellow psychologists scrambled to find her patients and inform them of Wasserman's death. Fontana said she and other psychologists have offered to take on her patients. The man charged in the crash, Michael Koss, 66, of Rocky Point, remains at Stony Brook University Medical Center in stable condition with a broken femur and other injuries. Authorities said Koss will be arraigned after he is released from the hospital. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/...
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How sad...what a true loss...and as always..the drunk survives! aghhhhh! I really feel for the family of the victims and as well....their patients...whom will likely suffer...a great loss as well.....
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