Police received warning of a car speeding east on the Long Island Expressway during the dark hours of Sunday morning, 3.22.2009. He was observed from Roslyn east, with a police attempt to slow him. However, on entering the exit ramp for southbound NY 135, he left the roadway, hit trees, and lost his life. The newsday.com report is here.
Archive for March, 2009
Long Island Expwy, Exit 44S, 3.22.2009
March 23, 2009Northern Blvd, Greenvale
March 18, 2009Sad to relate, on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009, a woman driving west on Northern Blvd., Greenvale, lost her life when her car crossed eastbound traffic and hit a tree and a fence. Her child in the back set survived. The newsday.com story is here, but it does not disclose whether the accident occured east or west of the busy intersection of Glen Cove Road. The tragedy happened on a clear, sunny afternoon.
Meadowbrook Parkway, 3.5.2009
March 8, 2009Between 11 p.m. and midnight, Thursday, March 5, 2009, a driver heading south on Meadowbrook Parkway hit a puddle, lost control, flipped, and crashed against a tree. The driver was killed. The accident took place south of Merrick Road, according to Newsday.com here.
Atlantic Ave., East Rockaway, 3.6.2008
March 8, 2009A male driver was killed while turning left into a driveway at his apartment complex in the early morning hours of Friday, March 6, 2008, according to this story in newsday.com. He was driving south, the car striking his going north. Note that this Atlantic Avenue begins in Lynbrook and goes south to East Rockway. Apparently the crash happened near a bend near Woods Avenue. Later, in East Rockaway Atlantic Avenue changes route, turning east to Long Beach road, Oceanside.