Police: Man slashed in neck, officer hit by minivan in melee

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a man was slashed in the neck during a fight at a hookah bar on Long Island and a police officer helping him was hit by a minivan.
The violence erupted before 3 a.m. Saturday at the Mystique Gardens hookah bar in Farmingdale.
Nassau County police responded and found a man with slash wounds to his neck. The injured man ran to a parking lot and collapsed.
Police say that while officers were helping the slashing victim a minivan drove through the lot and st