Serious crash on LIE between exits 60-61 closes 2 westbound lanes, police say

A two-car crash on the Long Island Expressway in Lake Ronkonkoma Monday night resulted in a serious injury and closed two lanes of westbound traffic, Suffolk police said.

One person was taken by helicopter to a hospital, police said.

The crash was reported about 10:20 p.m., police said. The on-ramp between exits 60 and 61 was closed and the right and center lanes of westbound traffic also were closed. They had not reopened as of 12:20 p.m.

No other information was immediately available, police said.

By Nicole Fuller

nicole.fuller@newsday.com@NicoleFuller

Nicole Fuller is Newsday's senior criminal justice reporter. She began working at Newsday in 2012 and previously covered local government.