Brentwood woman, 27, killed in Plainview crash on Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway
A Brentwood woman was killed in a crash Friday morning on the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway in Plainview that injured another person and closed northbound traffic on the road for hours.
Nassau police said in a release that the 9:08 a.m. crash occurred when a 2007 white Infinity driven by the woman, 27, hit a 2017 CRV Infinity driven by a 68-year-old woman near Exit 10 for Old Country Road.
Police later identified the woman killed as Anna Crego, of Brentwood. She was pronounced dead by a doctor at a nearby hospital.
The 68-year-old woman sustained minor injuries and was in stable condition at the hospital. Police did not identify her. The cause of the crash was still under investigation, police said.
Northbound lanes on the expressway closed shortly after the crash but reopened around 2:15 p.m.
Nicholas Spangler is a general assignment reporter and has worked at Newsday since 2010.
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