Police: Long Island Expressway reopens in Jericho after accident
The Jericho Fire Department, Hicksville Fire Department Hazmat Team, Nassau County Fire Marshal and Nassau County police respond to an accident that happened at 12:39 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, on the eastbound Long Island Expressway between exits 40 and 41. Credit: Paul Mazza
Eastbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway in Jericho were closed for more than six hours early Wednesday because of a multivehicle crash, authorities said.
Nassau County police said in a traffic advisory eastbound lanes between exits 40 and 41 were reopened at 6:57 a.m.
Informny.com, the state Department of Transportation website, said the crash happened at 12:39 a.m.
A police spokeswoman said the delay in reopening the expressway was because a sand truck needed to help cover a fuel spill was not working correctly.
"It took some time to get another truck to the scene," she said.
The accident involving an overturned box truck, a tractor trailer and a car resulted in two minor injuries. Neither of the injured needed to be hospitalized, she said.
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