Cops: Crash briefly closes Sunrise Highway

A two-vehicle accident briefly closed westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway Friday morning in Rockville Centre, police said.

Rockville Centre police said the 8:35 a.m. accident closed lanes for about 20 minutes between North Village Avenue and North Centre Avenue.

The crash involved a work van that was westbound on Sunrise and collided with a car making a left turn onto North Village, police said. Police said no one was charged in the accident.

A photo from the scene shows the car on the sidewalk, its front end up against a storefront. Police said a storefront window was damaged.

The female driver of the car was transported to a hospital for precautionary measures, police said. Police said the male driver of the van declined medical attention at the scene.

Neither driver was identified by police.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”