Westbound Old Country Road reopens after crash, police say

Westbound Old Country Road was closed for about two hours Thursday morning in Plainview after a three-car collision that sent one person to the hospital, police said.

The crash occurred near Rex Place at 7:35 a.m. Nassau County police said the road was reopened at 9:34 a.m.

One person was taken to Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola. Details were not immediately available.

Police said Old Country Road had been closed westbound at Manetto Hill Road.

By John Valenti

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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.”