Driver in critical condition after crash on Southern State Parkway in North Massapequa, police say
The Sunday evening accident occurred near Exit 31 on the Southern State. Credit: Jim Staubitser
A driver was hospitalized with serious injuries after being ejected from a car that crossed three lanes and overturned on the Southern State Parkway in North Massapequa on Sunday evening, state police said.
The single-vehicle crash occurred at about 8 p.m. in the westbound lanes around Exit 31, police said. The driver, identified by police as Seamus Maloney, 54, of Massapequa Park, was operating a 2002 Ford. He was taken to Nassau University Medical Center and is in critical condition, police said.
All westbound lanes were closed to traffic from Route 110 to Bethpage State Parkway for more than two hours due to the crash investigation, police said.
All lanes were reported reopened at 10:25 p.m.
Grant Parpan covers Suffolk County courts and federal courts for Newsday. A Long Island native, he joined Newsday in 2022.
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