Traffic & Transit
Long Island Expressway Crash: 2 Hurt; Driver Issued Summonses
The crash closed all eastbound lanes for about an hour.
Two people were hurt in a multi-vehicle crash that closed all lanes of the eastbound Long Island Expressway during Thursday afternoon rush hour, police say.
According to authorities, a man driving a Volkswagon sedan exited the HOV lane over the buffer and rear-ended a Mercedes SUV near Exit 48- Round Swamp Road in Huntington around 3:35 p.m.
The man was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. He was issued several summonses.
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The woman driving the Mercedes was also taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The LIE was closed for approximately 1 hour.
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Suffolk Police say the crash is under investigation.
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