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Long Island Expressway, NY

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  • Police: LIE wrong-way driver was drunk

    A wrong-way drunken driver was arrested Tuesday night after she sideswiped a tractor-trailer on an exit ramp on the Long Island Expressway in Jericho and then crashed head-on into a box truck, injuring two people, police said.Yuhua Zhu, 40, of Jericho, w   Read more »

  • Multicar crash closes LIE in Old Westbury

    All lanes of the eastbound Long Island Expressway have been closed in Old Westbury due to an accident involving several cars, authorities said.The closure at Exit 40, Jericho Turnpike, started at about 8:15 p.m., Nassau police said.Authorities said the e   Read more »

  • Car crash closes 2 lanes of westbound LIE

    Two westbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway were closed to traffic late Thursday morning because of an overturned car in Commack , the state Department of Transportation said.The center and right lanes between Exits 53 and 51 were closed, according   Read more »

  • LIE delays caused by missing manhole cover

    A missing manhole cover is causing delays Wednesday morning on the eastbound Long Island Expressway in Jericho , Nassau County police and transportation officials said.Meanwhile, a disabled truck has also forced the closure of the exit ramp at Exit 41, R   Read more »

  • Wrong-way driver sentenced to 90 days

    A woman who drove drunk the wrong way down the Long Island Expressway in November 2010, hitting another car and hurting its driver, will spend 90 days in jail for her crime, a Nassau judge said Thursday. Katelyn A. O'Connell, 23, of Westbury , wept as sh   Read more »

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