Meadowbrook Parkway near Exit M4 reopens after Walmart truck hit overpass
A Walmart tractor-trailer truck on its side after striking an overpass Wednesday afternoon on the northbound Meadowbrook Parkway near Hempstead and Uniondale. Credit: Neil Miller
A Walmart tractor-trailer truck being driven on the Meadowbrook Parkway on Wednesday afternoon struck an overpass and overturned. The driver was treated for minor injuries; the roadway, which had been mostly closed, has been reopened, according to the New York State Police.
Photographs at the scene taken by Newsday show the Walmart tractor-trailer on its side on the parkway.
Trooper Brittany Burton, a spokesperson for the state police, said that the truck had been at a Walmart in East Meadow and was being driven to one in Pennsylvania. The crash occurred about 2:32 p.m. near Exit M4 in the vicinity of Hempstead and Uniondale.
Commercial vehicles, including the one that overturned, aren't allowed on the parkway, Burton said.
In 2018, a Walmart tractor-trailer struck an overpass in the Meadowbrook — East in Garden City — causing debris to strike two other vehicles.
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
'He never made it to the other side' The crossings accounted for 2,139 collisions, including 72 resulting in serious injuries or fatalities, between 2014 and 2023. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo has more.
'He never made it to the other side' The crossings accounted for 2,139 collisions, including 72 resulting in serious injuries or fatalities, between 2014 and 2023. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo has more.
