Woman struck, killed by Mack truck in East Hills, police say

Nassau police and fire departments from Roslyn, Manhasset-Lakeville and Westbury... — Nassau police and fire departments from Roslyn, Manhasset-Lakeville and Westbury respond to a tractor trailer-car crash at Roslyn Road and the south service road of the Long Island Expressway about 2:35 p.m. Friday. Credit: Paul Mazza

By Joan Grallajoan.gralla@newsday.com JoanGrallaJuly 27, 2019

A 77-year-old woman driving an Audi died Friday in East Hills after her car was hit by an eastbound Mack truck hauling a semitrailer on the Long Island Expressway's south service road, Nassau police said on Saturday.

Carol Samide, of East Hills, who was driving a 2017 Audi Q7 north on Roslyn Road about 2:29 p.m. Friday, suffered multiple trauma injuries. She was pronounced dead a short time later at a hospital, police said.

The 36-year-old man behind the wheel of the 2005 truck, which was hauling a 2004 Spectra Marine semitrailer, suffered a head laceration and was taken to a hospital, police said.

Homicide detectives are investigating the collision. Both vehicles will undergo safety examinations, police said.

By Joan Gralla and Ted Phillips

joan.gralla@newsday.com JoanGralla

Joan Gralla is a general assignment reporter who also covers parks, flood control and Holocaust restitution. She's a former Reuters correspondent who covered politics, economics and markets.

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