LIE exit reopens after truck overturn

An overturned truck was reported on the eastbound service road of the Long Island Expressway at Nicolls Road. (March 17,2012) Credit: David Rubin
The Long Island Expressway's eastbound service road ramp exit at Nicolls Road has reopened after being closed Saturday morning.
An overturned truck had closed the southbound ramp of Exit 62 just after 8 a.m., according to the Suffolk County sheriff's website
The accident in Holtsville had closed the exit ramp for about three hours.

'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.

'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.



