Crime & Safety
Long Island Expressway Crash: 1 Dead, Westbound Lanes Reopen
One person died in a two-vehicle crash early Friday. Westbound lanes were closed for hours near North Hills.
NORTH HILLS, NY — One person died in a crash early Friday on the Long Island Expressway in North Hills that shuttered the westbound lanes for hours.
Around 2 a.m. Friday, two vehicles heading west on the expressway crashed, police said. A 39-year-old man who was driving one of the vehicles died at the scene.
The second driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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The westbound lanes were closed between Exit 36 for Searingtown Road and Exit 34 for New Hyde Park Road. They reopened just after 9 a.m.
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