Woman, 85, dies after her car collides with another vehicle in Franklin Square, police say
Nassau police at the scene of a fatal accident in Franklin Square Sunday afternoon, July 26, 2015. The two-vehicle crash occurred about 2:45 p.m. on Franklin Avenue near Oaks Drive, said Officer Steven Zacchia, a department spokesman. Credit: Robert Stridiron
An 85-year-old woman died Sunday night after her car collided into another in Franklin Square, Nassau police said.
The woman was driving south at about 2:40 p.m. Sunday on Franklin Avenue and attempting to make a left turn onto Oaks Drive when her car collided with a 2011 Infiniti G37 traveling north on Franklin, police said.
The woman was taken to a hospital with "multiple trauma injuries" and died some time later, police said.
The driver of the Infiniti, a 25-year-old man, suffered a broken leg and also was taken to a hospital for treatment, police said. Neither driver was identified.
Police described the accident as "noncriminal," adding that both vehicles were impounded for safety checks.
Laura Figueroa Hernandez is the White House correspondent and previously covered New York City politics and government. She joined Newsday in 2012 after covering state and local politics for The Miami Herald.
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