Man, 26, dies after being found on shoulder of Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway, police say
Nassau police said rescuers could not resuscitate a man found on the shoulder of the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway on Thursday night. Credit: Jim Staubitser
A man was declared dead on Thursday evening after being found in need of "live-saving measures" on the shoulder of the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
The death of the man, age 26, was by suicide, Det. Joseph Oginski, a department spokesman, said Monday.
Officers had tried to resuscitate the man after they were dispatched to the expressway just south of Old Country Road around 5:35 p.m., the department wrote in a news release, which said he was brought to a hospital and a physician there declared him dead.
The northbound expressway was closed between Exits 9 and 10, in the vicinity of Plainview and Bethpage, for at least three hours on Thursday night during a police investigation.
His name has not been released.
If you are having suicidal thoughts, call or text 988 for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
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