East Atlantic Beach crash leaves 4 injured, police say
Four people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a two-car crash early Tuesday, March 15, 2016, in East Atlantic Beach, Nassau County police said. Credit: Jim Staubitser
Four people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries following a two-car crash early Tuesday in East Atlantic Beach, Nassau County police said.
Police said preliminary results of an accident investigation indicate no criminality.
The crash occurred at 12:06 a.m. at the intersection of Beech Street and Mohawk Avenue.
Police said an eastbound car crossed the centerline on Beech, crashing into a westbound vehicle.
The Long Beach Fire Department responded to the scene, along with police and emergency medical responders.
Additional details were not immediately available, but photos from the scene show a mangled light-colored sedan with its roof crumpled and a door ripped off and debris in the street.
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.”
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