<p> <a href="/topics/Nassau_County%2C_NY">Nassau</a> County police said that westbound Hillside Avenue in Herricks has been reopened after a road closure earlier Saturday morning.</p> 
<p> Westbound Hillside Avenue at Herricks Road had been closed because of an auto accident at 11:40 p.m. Friday that knocked down power lines, police said.</p>

Nassau County police said that westbound Hillside Avenue in Herricks has been reopened after a road closure earlier Saturday morning. Westbound Hillside Avenue at Herricks Road had been closed because of an auto accident at 11:40 p.m. Friday that knocked down power lines, police said.

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