Long IslandNassau

LIE west reopens at Exit 44 after tractor trailer overturned

By Joan Grallajoan.gralla@newsday.comJoanGralla

All westbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway reopened at around 10:30 a.m. after they were closed before dawn because a tractor trailer had overturned, Nassau police said.

The crash occurred at around 4:07 a.m.

The large size of the vehicle is one reason the shutdown lasted so long, a police spokesman said.

By Joan Gralla and Ted Phillips

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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