Tractor-trailer forced to drive backwards after shutting down Northern State Parkway
Chopper 2 flew overhead as a tractor-trailer was forced to drive backwards for nearly a mile after shutting down the Northern State Parkway.
Chopper 2 flew overhead as a tractor-trailer was forced to drive backwards for nearly a mile after shutting down the Northern State Parkway.
Police said the driver veered off the road and hit several trees before the car burst into flames.
Police said the driver veered off the road and hit several trees before the car burst into flames.
State police blocked traffic while good Samaritans tried to get a couple of horses off the road.
The SPCA said an animal rescuer spotted the man walking from his vehicle to the woods with a cage in his hand around 12:15 p.m. last Saturday on the eastbound side of the roadway just past exit 40.
Two people were pronounced dead at the scene and two others were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, state police said.
It happened around 9:15 a.m. on the eastbound lanes near Roslyn Road.
Flames fully engulfed the car flipped on its side. Just minutes before, the injured driver was trapped inside.
Heavy rains are blanketing the roads and dampening moods all across the area Saturday.
The crash happened on the Northern State Parkway east of Wolf Hill Road near the Dix Hills Road overpass around 1 p.m., officials said.
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Dozens of frustrated drivers found themselves stranded on the side of the road with flat tires during this past weekend's heavy rainfall.
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Repairs will include removing the worn top layer of pavement from travel lanes and shoulders, repairing the base asphalt, improving drainage and installing new a new asphalt surface.
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A huge tree crashed onto the busy Northern State Parkway on Long Island Sunday, causing a major traffic nightmare.
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Police said the teen stumbled away from the Dix Hills house party with alcohol in her system and was struck and killed as she tried to walk across the nearby parkway.
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