Ambulette Driver Killed When Hit By Vehicle On Route 135

An ambulette driver who was stopped on the side of southbound Route 135 talking with the driver of another vehicle was struck and killed by a third vehicle.

The driver of an ambulette was killed after being hit by a car.
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Kathy Reakes

05/22/2019 11:23 a.m.

The crash took place around 7:10 a.m., Wednesday, May 22, when the unidentified man was stopped on Route 135, just south of the Jericho Turnpike in Syosset conversing with the other driver, when a third vehicle sideswiped both vehicles and the ambulette driver, said the Nassau County Police.

The ambulette driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the third vehicle that hit the man remained on the scene, police said.

The crash caused an hourslong closure during the morning commute on Route 135, between Exit 13, for the Long Island Expressway, and Exit 14, for Jericho Turnpike, police said.

The investigation is ongoing.

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