Nassau Man Dies After Car Goes Airborne Into Woods, Down A Ravine

BETHPAGE, NY – A 24-year-old man was killed when his car went airborne and crashed into the woods and down a ravine near Bethpage State Park Saturday morning.

State Police say they received a call from a bicyclist at about 6:30 a.m. reporting that a vehicle had crashed off Bethpage State Parkway and into the woods.

An investigation revealed that a 2017 Honda Accord being driven by Tal Itzhak Levy was traveling north on the parkway when Levy failed to negotiate the traffic circle located at the northern terminus of the parkway.

The Honda traveled through a grassy circle, crossed the opposite paved portion, became airborne, and continued approximately 110 feet into the woods and down a ravine. The crashed vehicle was not visible from the roadway, police said.

Levy, of Jericho, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe the car had been traveling at an "unsafe speed."

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