Kenneth Young, of Brooklyn, killed in Thursday morning crash on LIE, police say
Police said a Brooklyn man was killed in a crash Thursday morning on the eastbound Long Island Expressway at Exit 40. The crash caused all eastbound lanes between exits 39 and 41 to be closed. Credit: Bruce Cotler
A Brooklyn man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway Thursday morning that caused traffic to be rerouted between exits 39 and 41, Nassau County police said.
Kenneth Young, 49, was driving a 2012 Chevy Suburban east in the right lane of the LIE at Exit 40 at 3:06 a.m. when he lost control of the vehicle and it overturned, police said. The Suburban hit a 2023 Dodge delivery van that was pulled over on the side of the road. Moments later, a 2019 Freightliner truck hit the Suburban.
Nassau police medics pronounced Young dead at the scene.
No other injuries were reported, and the investigation is continuing.
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