Crime & Safety

4 Injured In Long Island Expressway Crash

BREAKING: The people were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, Suffolk police said.

YAPHANK, NY — Four people were transported by ambulance to area hospitals after two cars collided and veered off of the Long Island Expressway into a wooded area on Sunday afternoon, Suffolk police said.

Police initially received a call for an overturned car in the eastbound lane of the expressway between exits 66 and 67, said a spokeswoman, adding, that when Suffolk Highway Patrol Bureau officers responded at about 3:20 p.m., both cars were upright.

The four people were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. No charges were filed in relation to the crash, police said. The investigation is continuing.

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