'When police arrive and they've got lights and sirens and all of that when they can safely slow and stop traffic then leave the vehicle,' Sinclair said. Something can happen and very often it does.'Įxperts say if you can't make it to the shoulder, think of your car as your best chance of protection - stay inside with your flashers on and call 911 for help, CBS2's Magdalena Doris reported. 'You don't want to be standing in the middle of the highway trying to match yourself against cars. 'Get off the highway, pull over to the shoulder, even better look for the next exit and get off there,' said Robert Sinclair with AAA New York. AAA experts explained what a driver should do if their car is damaged on the highway. In April, a driver was struck and killed in a similar crash on the LIE. The officer was tested for alcohol, the results came back negative. The driver of the GMC - an off-duty NYPD officer - also suffered minor injuries. Two other passengers, an 18-year-old woman and 19-year-old man, were hurt and taken to the hospital for treatment. What we think and we're trying to build the facts right now is that the lights were no longer a part of this vehicle.' 'This vehicle hit the guardrail on the north side of the LIE striking the guardrail then shot across going southbound if you will across all the lanes of traffic and then it the median divider, the jersey wall, the concrete divider,' Nassau County police Detective Sgt. (CBSNewYork) - Two people were killed and several others were hurt in a crash that shut down the Long Island Expressway for hours overnight Monday into Tuesday in Old Westbury.įor more than six hours, the expressway was closed while investigators worked to collect evidence and clear the wreckage left behind by the accident.Īs CBS2's Dave Carlin reported, the trouble began when a BMW carrying four young people traveling westbound hit the right guardrail and then careened over to the HOV lane between exit 40 and 39 around 11 p.m.

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