Deadly 2-Car Crash On Meadowbrook Parkway: State Police

EAST MEADOW, NY — A man was killed in a two-car crash over the weekend on the Meadowbrook Parkway, state police said.

At approximately 11:39 a.m. on Sunday, Jose Cruz Nunez was traveling northbound on the highway near Exit 5 (Hempstead Turnpike) when he struck another vehicle, police said.

The victim was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, state troopers said.

Nunez was 38 years old and a resident of Hempstead, Newsday said.

The operator of the vehicle he struck had no injuries. The collision caused the closure of all northbound lanes on Sunday afternoon, police said.

An investigation is ongoing.