Traffic & Transit

Work Truck Driver Hit, Killed On Long Island Expressway: Police

The man was outside the truck on the Long Island Expressway around 12:30 p.m. when he was hit by a sedan, police say.

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The scene of the crash. Drivers can expect delays and should avoid the area, Nassau County police said.
The scene of the crash. Drivers can expect delays and should avoid the area, Nassau County police said. (New York Department of Transportation traffic camera)

WOODBURY, NY — A man was hit by a car and killed Wednesday on the Long Island Expressway as he was outside a parked work truck to help bridge maintenance crews, police said.

A 27-year-old man was outside a work truck in Woodbury when he was hit by a Mitsubishi sedan that was traveling west in the right lane near state Route 135 and Exit 44.

The man suffered multiple trauma injuries and died on the expressway around 12:30 pm., police said.

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The 29-year-old Mitsubishi driver was not hurt and the sedan was impounded for a brake and safety check.

The westbound lanes of the expressway and the northbound exit of the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway to the interstate both reopened about six hours after closing.

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