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Driver Ejected From Vehicle In Northern State Parkway Crash In Oyster Bay Driver Ejected From Vehicle In Northern State Parkway Crash In Oyster Bay
Driver Ejected From Vehicle In Northern State Parkway Crash In Oyster Bay A driver suffered serious injuries in an early morning crash on Long Island. It happened around 6 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 in Oyster Bay on the Northern State Parkway. A vehicle traveling eastbound near Exit 35 struck the center median, causing the vehicle to overturn, and ejecting the driver, according to New York State Police. The driver was taken to Nassau University Medical Center for a head injury and is in serious condition. The roadway was closed for almost two hours, but all lanes have reopened. Anyone who witnessed or has information on this crash is asked to call the state police…

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by Joe Lombardi
Traffic
Lane Closures Announced For Northern State Parkway Interchange In North Hempstead Lane Closures Announced For Northern State Parkway Interchange In North Hempstead
Lane Closures Announced For Northern State Parkway Interchange In North Hempstead Transportation officials have announced plans for new lane closures at a busy Long Island parkway interchange. From Monday, Oct. 2 to Friday, Oct. 6, the right lane of the ramp on the northbound Meadowbrook State Parkway to the westbound Northern State Parkway will be closed, the New York State Department of Transportation announced. The closures, which are weather permitting, will last from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and are meant to facilitate a safety enhancement project. Additionally, officials reminded drivers to drive carefully in work zones, as speeding fines in those zones are doubled.&n…

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by Sophie Grieser
News
State Of Emergency: 'Extreme Weather Event' Threatening Long Island, Hochul Says State Of Emergency: 'Extreme Weather Event' Threatening Long Island, Hochul Says
State Of Emergency: 'Extreme Weather Event' Threatening Long Island, Hochul Says A severe weather system bringing several inches of rain to Long Island has prompted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to declare a state of emergency in the region. The state of emergency, declared by Hochul on Friday, Sept. 29, covers all of the Long Island, New York City, and Mid-Hudson region and comes in the midst of a weather system with peak rainfall amounts of three inches per hour, according to Hochul's office. The deluge has resulted in flash flooding throughout the region which has caused several impacts to transit systems.  Hochul said that she would be directing state agencies to…

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by Ben Crnic
Traffic
Wrong Way: New Highway Signs On Long Island Aim To Prevent Head-On Crashes, Bridge Strikes Wrong Way: New Highway Signs On Long Island Aim To Prevent Head-On Crashes, Bridge Strikes
Wrong Way: New Highway Signs On Long Island Aim To Prevent Head-On Crashes, Bridge Strikes It’s not your imagination; there are a lot more signs dotting Long Island highways these days. State transportation workers have wrapped up installing more than 3,600 new “Wrong-Way” and “Do Not Enter” signs at hundreds of parkway, expressway, and highway ramps in Nassau and Suffolk counties The highly-reflective signs, along with hundreds more pavement markings and reflectors, are meant to prevent wrong-way drivers from going where they shouldn’t and stop trucks and other over-height vehicles from striking overpasses. “Wrong-way drivers and over-height vehicles pose obvious safety hazard…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Fatal Crash: 23-Year-Old ID'd As Victim After Minivan Overturns On Northern State Parkway Fatal Crash: 23-Year-Old ID'd As Victim After Minivan Overturns On Northern State Parkway
Fatal Crash: 23-Year-Old ID'd As Victim After Minivan Overturns On Northern State Parkway Police are investigating a Long Island crash that left a young man dead. It happened around 10:30 a.m. Saturday June 10 on the Northern State Parkway eastbound in the area of Exit 29 in the town of North Hempstead. The driver, Erik Jimenez-Villeda, age 23, of Freeport, was driving a 2011 Toyota Sienna when it left the roadway onto the right shoulder and went down an embankment, striking a tree, and causing the minivan to overturn, New York State Police said.  Jimenez-Villeda was pronounced dead at the scene. This crash is still under investigation and the state polic…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
IDs Released For 3 Killed In Fiery Northern State Parkway Crash In North Hempstead IDs Released For 3 Killed In Fiery Northern State Parkway Crash In North Hempstead
IDs Released For 3 Killed In Fiery Northern State Parkway Crash In North Hempstead State police have identified three people killed in a fiery Long Island crash after hitting a group of trees before the vehicle burst into flames. The crash happened around 5 a.m. Sunday, July 24 in Nassau County on the Northern State Parkway in the area of Exit 30 in the town of North Hempstead, said Trooper Daniel Ahlgrim.  The occupants of the vehicle have been identified as the driver, Puneet Singh, age 23, of Iselin, New Jersey; front-seat passenger Harpaul Multani, age 23 of Jamaica, Queens, and the rear-seat passenger, Amarjit Singh, age 23 of Hazlet, New Jersey, Ahlg…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
3 Killed In Fiery North State Parkway Crash In North Hempstead 3 Killed In Fiery North State Parkway Crash In North Hempstead
3 Killed In Fiery North State Parkway Crash In North Hempstead Three people were killed in a fiery early-morning crash on Long Island. It happened around 5 a.m. Sunday, July 24 in Nassau County on the Northern State Parkway in the area of Exit 30 in the town of North Hempstead, according to state police.  The vehicle was traveling eastbound when it left the roadway, striking multiple trees in the southbound shoulder before becoming fully engulfed in flames, state police said.  The driver and both passengers in the vehicle died at the scene, according to police. Their identities have not yet been released. The collision …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
LI Trio Nabbed, Handguns Recovered After Report Of Possible Shots Fired At Roosevelt Field Mall LI Trio Nabbed, Handguns Recovered After Report Of Possible Shots Fired At Roosevelt Field Mall
LI Trio Nabbed, Handguns Recovered After Report Of Possible Shots Fired At Roosevelt Field Mall Three Long Island men have been apprehended and are facing multiple charges after police responded to a report of possible shots fired in front of the Roosevelt Field Mall. The three were arrested just before 1 a.m. Saturday, April 2 in East Garden City, Nassau County Police said. NCPD Third Precinct officers responded to a call for possible shots fired the mall, located at 630 Old Country Road in East Garden City.  Upon arrival, a description of the vehicle was obtained and responding officers observed a vehicle fitting the description traveling northbound on Glen Cove Road nea…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Carle Place Man Killed In Fiery Crash Carle Place Man Killed In Fiery Crash
Carle Place Man Killed In Fiery Crash A Long Island man was killed after losing control of his vehicle and hitting a highway overpass, authorities said. The crash happened around 3:15 a.m., Friday, Dec. 10, on the Northern State Parkway, in North Hempstead, said the New York State Police. Gregory Gordon, age 29, of Carle Place struck the Willets Road overpass at which point the vehicle caught fire, according to Trooper Daniel Ahlgrim.  Gordon was taken to Winthrop Hospital and later died from his injuries.   No other vehicles were involved and there were no passengers in the vehicle. The crash is under investi…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Intoxicated LI Man Caught With Illegal, Loaded Handgun With High-Capacity Magazine, Police Say Intoxicated LI Man Caught With Illegal, Loaded Handgun With High-Capacity Magazine, Police Say
Intoxicated LI Man Caught With Illegal, Loaded Handgun With High-Capacity Magazine, Police Say A Long Island man is facing charges after police said he was found in possession of a loaded handgun and driving his vehicle while intoxicated. At about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 24, police responded to a report of a crash in Nassau County, New York State Police reported. Police said the crash happened on Northern State Parkway eastbound, west of Exit 28, in the Town of North Hempstead. State Police said the driver, 25-year-old Steven Reid, of Riverhead, was found to be intoxicated, and he was in possession of an illegal, loaded handgun with a high-capacity magazine. He was arrested …

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by Nicole Valinote
News
$33 Million In Pavement Resurfacing Projects Completed On Long Island $33 Million In Pavement Resurfacing Projects Completed On Long Island
$33 Million In Pavement Resurfacing Projects Completed On Long Island A long-needed $33 million paving project on Long Island has been completed. The completion of the project that included several major road resurfacing projects was announced on Thursday, Dec. 10, by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. The projects were untaken to enhanced safety and improved travel conditions on portions of the Northern State Parkway and other well-traveled roads, the Governor's Office said. As part of the projects, the pavement was refurbished along seven miles of the Northern State Parkway between the New York City boundary and the Meadowbrook State Parkway, in addition to 36 entr…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Police Renew Call For Public's Help In Investigation Of Northern State Parkway Homicide Police Renew Call For Public's Help In Investigation Of Northern State Parkway Homicide
Police Renew Call For Public's Help In Investigation Of Northern State Parkway Homicide State Police are still investigating a homicide that took place 28 years ago on Long Island. According to police, the body of a Latino male was found by a passerby on the right shoulder of the Northern State Parkway eastbound in the town of Hempstead at approximately 11:33 p.m. on March 1, 1992.  The body, which had been shot multiple times, was about 25 feet off the roadway, about 1/10 of a mile west of New Hyde Park Road.  Police identified 28-year-old Edgar Humberto Quiroz of Queens as the victim. He was approximately 5-foot-8, weighed 150 pounds, had a medium build, wore his …

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by Christina Coulter
Police & Fire
Reward Increases In Case Of Kitten Thrown From Car On Northern State Parkway Reward Increases In Case Of Kitten Thrown From Car On Northern State Parkway
Reward Increases In Case Of Kitten Thrown From Car On Northern State Parkway A higher reward has been offered for information that leads to the arrest of a person who threw a live kitten from a moving vehicle on the Northern State Parkway. Roy Gross, the Chief of the Suffolk County SPCA, said that the department was alerted on Thursday, Sept. 17 by a caller who said that they saw someone toss a black and white kitten from a moving vehicle on the parkway shortly before 8 a.m. The incident happened in the eastbound lanes of Northern State Parkway between exits 40 and 41 in Melville. Gross said that the caller saw the kitten roll over to the side of the road and land …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Shots Fired Into Adjacent Long Island Homes Shots Fired Into Adjacent Long Island Homes
Shots Fired Into Adjacent Long Island Homes An investigation is underway after gunshots were fired into the rear of two adjacent homes on Long Island. Suffolk County Police responded to a 911 call reporting multiple shots fired in Dix Hills on Woodedge Drive at approximately 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14. Upon arrival, police discovered two adjacent homes, located at 39 and 41 Woodedge Drive, each struck once.  An investigation determined the shots were apparently fired from the eastbound lanes of the Northern State Parkway. No one inside the homes was injured and the homes do not appear to have been targeted. Second Precinct pol…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Search Is On For Two Men Who Stole ATV From Melville Man Search Is On For Two Men Who Stole ATV From Melville Man
Search Is On For Two Men Who Stole ATV From Melville Man Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are on the lookout for two men who allegedly stole an ATV from a Melville man. Police say two men contacted the seller of an ATV through Craigslist and met them at a Lamarr Avenue residence on Friday, April 19 around 5:30 p.m. One of the men allegedly asked the seller to test drive the ATV, and he fled westbound on the Northern State Parkway, police say. The other man fled in a gray Toyota Camry, and neither of the two men returned, according to police. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up t…

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by Valerie Musson