Before 5 a.m. Thursday, November 5, 2009, a large tractor trailer said to be carrying vegetables was traveling east on the Long Island Expressway near South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset. It seems that a car cut him off. He braked, the trailer flipped and burned for hours. The driver of the truck was hospitalized, but, sad to report, he died on November 10.
Archive for the ‘Long Island Expressway’ Category
Long Island Expwy, Syosset, 11.5.2009
November 11, 2009Long Island Expwy, Exit 44S, 3.22.2009
March 23, 2009Police 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.
Long Island Expy, Roslyn Hts, 6.19.08
June 21, 2008A driver going westbound on the Long island Expressway between Exit 37 (Willis Avenue) and Exit 36 (Searingtown Road) about 1:40 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, 2008, pulled onto the right shoulder. According to newsday.com here, she walked to the front of her car and then turned and walked too far into the roadway. The driver of a tractor trailer swerved towards the middle lane to avoid her, but the rear of the truck, sad to say, struck and killed her.
Long Is. Expwy, 10.21.2007
October 22, 2007At this time of year, sun glare is a major problem for almost an hour before sundown. Because Long Island has few hills, westbound driving can be difficult. On Sunday, October 21, 2007, a sixty-five-year-old man riding a motorcycle in the center lane of the westbound Long Island Expressway near Exit 41, Jericho, fell off his bike into the traffic of the right lane. Sad to relate, he lost his life. The newsday.com story is here. He was the eighth motorcyclist killed in Nassau County this year.
