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1 hurt as tractor-trailer crash closes LIE for 12 hours

A section of the eastbound Long Island Expressway was closed for more than 12 hours Thursday after a tractor-trailer overturned.

The commuting nightmare began at 4:45 a.m. Thursday in the eastbound lanes when an SUV cut in front of the tractor-trailer, causing it to lose control and overturn, police said. It then struck the SUV.The road was shut down in both directions around exits 42 and...

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