Crime & Safety
One Injured in LIE Crash
A total of four vehicles, including a Suffolk County transit bus, were involved in the crash.
ISLANDIA, NY - A woman was hospitalized after a multiple vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway in Islandia on Monday afternoon, according to Suffolk Police.
A Pontiac sedan was traveling in the right lane of the westbound LIE when the driver attempted to change lanes across the roadway to enter the HOV lane at 1:10 p.m., police said.
His car hit a Chevrolet in the HOV lane which then spun out and crashed into the guard rail on the right shoulder, police said.
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After witnessing the crash, a Suffolk County bus driver spun out and struck a pickup truck in the left lane. The pickup grazed a sedan.
The female driver of the Chevrolet was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
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