Sunrise Highway crash near Bellmore-Wantagh border that disrupted morning commute cleared

A single-vehicle box truck crash brought the morning rush-hour commute to a near standstill on Sunrise Highway near the Bellmore-Wantagh border Monday, police said.

Nassau County police said the crash involved an overturned box truck on Sunrise near Lakeview Road and said the incident was reported in a 911 call at 7:41 a.m. Police said there were no serious injuries, but said the accident cleanup was causing delays.

The New York State Department of Transportation 511 NY website showed that the crash scene had been cleared shortly after 10 a.m., with traffic in the area back to normal.

The crash scene was located in the middle of a construction zone just west of Wantagh Parkway.

Video footage on the 511 NY website showed massive traffic snarls on both eastbound and westbound Sunrise in the area during the incident closure.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

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.”