Long Island Expressway, NY

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• Fiery truck crash closes eastbound LIE

  fiery tractor-trailer crash Monday morning closed the eastbound Long Island Expressway at Exit 62, Blue Point Road, in Holtsville at 6:45 a.m., Suffolk County police said. It was not immediately clear how long the road will remain closed. Police said the accident 7:28 AM Read more »

• Two new HOV entrances added to Long Island Expressway

  new HOV entrances to the Long Island Expressway have been added in Nassau , state transportation officials announced Tuesday.One will be on the eastbound side and the other on the westbound side between Exits 37 and 38 in the Roslyn Heights and East Hills   Read more »

• Debris, truck fire delay LIE traffic

  incidents early Tuesday created headaches for drivers on the Long Island Expressway morning, a truck fire in Brentwood causing delays and a debris spill in Plainview creating a major roadway hazard.No one was injured in the truck fire, which occurred at 5:08   Read more »

• Injury closes westbound LIE in Holtsville

  lanes of the westbound Long Island Expressway were closed Wednesday in Holtsville so an injured person could be airlifted to a nearby hospital, Suffolk County police said.The person was injured in an accident either on the expressway or the service ramp, but   Read more »

• Owl found near LIE released back to wild

  great horned owl that apparently was injured when it was struck by a vehicle near the Long Island Expressway in Medford has been released back into the wild, a spokeswoman for a state agency said Thursday.The owl was rescued on the westbound side of the LIE,   Read more »

Around the web

• Gold Coast Tour

  rain or shine on Sunday, July 14, 2013 at Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School, 625 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn, NY 11740. Long Island Expressway to Northern State Parkway to Deer Park Avenue (Route 231) North. Bear left at the fork and continue for 3.5 miles. Turn   from LongIsland.com Read more »

• Man charged with vehicular homicide, DUI, after crash kills cop

  in a car wreck that killed a veteran police officer. While many car accidents occurred last October on the Long Island Expressway, this one was especially tragic. The driver hit a car before eventually pulling over in the HOV lane, where he hit another car.   from FindLaw: Essential Attorney Blogs Read more »

• Melville FD Rescues Victims of LIE Service Road Crash

  Melville Fire Department responded to several accidents that occurred on the North Service Road of the Long Island Expressway, west of Bagatelle Road in Melville, at around 11 p.m., Friday night, April 19. Firefighters used heavy rescue extrication tools (Jaws   from Village Tattler Read more »

• Central Islip Man Charged in Road Rage Incident on the Long Island Expressway

  N.Y.—Jason Parker, the Central Islip man accused of beating up another driver in a road rage incident on the Long Island Expressway last week, pleaded not guilty Monday. The incident happened at around 8:30 a.m. near Exit 62 in Holtsville. The alleged victim,   from LongIsland.com Read more »

• Offbeat BUT TRUE STORIES Driver arrested after attack with bat

  another motoristâs windows with a bat and punched him. Police say the motorist had just changed lanes on the Long Island Expressway before dawn Sunday when he noticed a car tailgating him. Police say the BMW then cut off the motorist near Holtsville, stopping   from Worcester Telegram & Gazette Read more »