Cops ID dump truck driver killed in North Hills LIE crash
A 59-year-old dump truck driver killed in a crash last week on the Long Island Expressway in North Hills was identified by police Tuesday as Robert Malone of West Islip.
A 911 call about 3:15 a.m. Friday reported the crash near Exit 36, Nassau police said. A 2013 Mack tractor trailer struck a 1996 tractor-trailer-type dump truck from behind on the eastbound LIE, causing the dump truck to overturn, police said at the time.
The driver identified as Malone was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead of his injuries at 4:14 a.m.
Police said the second driver, a 43-year-old man, remained at the scene and was not injured.
No criminality is suspected, police said.
With Deborah S. Morris
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.”
