Eastbound LIE Reopens After 2 Crashes, 1 Involving Squad Car
Two crashes – one of them involving a police vehicle – shut down the eastbound Long Island Expressway during the Wednesday evening rush in Hauppauge.
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Two crashes – one of them involving a police vehicle – shut down the eastbound Long Island Expressway during the Wednesday evening rush in Hauppauge.
Officer Christopher Canale was off-duty and driving west on the LIE near exit 70 when he noticed smoke pouring out of a bus that had apparently rear-ended a tractor-trailer.
In the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Daniel Martins argues his First Amendment rights were violated when he was arrested in June 2014.
Jonathan Moore, 26, was arrested after an overnight chase that police said began with a three-car crash just before midnight near exit 62 off the Long Island Expressway in Holtsville.
The state Department of Transportation has withdrawn its bid to build a rest area off the Long Island Expressway in Huntington, between exits 51 and 52.
Huntington Town Councilwoman Susan Berland suggested the rest stop would be better at Exit 67, where there is more space.
A road rage battle erupted during rush hour on the busy Long Island Expressway, when two drivers lost their temper in front of a witness who caught it all on camera.
A controversial law permits lane-splitting for motorcyclists in California – but could it ever work in the bustling Tri-State Area?
A long-distance bus caught fire Saturday as it headed down the Long Island Expressway.
It happened at about 4:45 a.m. Monday near Exit 60 in Lake Ronkonkoma. Eastbound lanes in the area were closed while authorities investigated.
A woman was arrested on Long Island Tuesday, after she allegedly struck a Suffolk County police officer with her car and drove off.
A Long Island man has been arrested after police say he crashed his car while driving intoxicated with his two daughters in the car in Dix Hills.
A Long Island man was caught Friday morning driving in the HOV lane with a fake passenger in his vehicle, Suffolk County police said.
The family of a man who was killed in a Queens hit-and-run is fighting to keep his killer behind bars.
Suffolk County Police said a Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by Neil Wade was headed eastbound on the LIE between exits 48 and 49 around 3 a.m. when his vehicle hit a patch of ice and struck the center divider.
The county is looking to replace some $30 million in projected revenue that was lost from the failed school zone speed camera program.
Long Island is right in the bull's-eye of a massive winter storm which could dump up to two or more feet of snow in some areas.
Around 2:45 a.m., the back door of an armored car traveling east on the LIE near Yellowstone Boulevard in Forest Hills popped open, and a bag full of money fell out.
It happened around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday on the Long Island Expressway between Main Street and Kissena Boulevard in Flushing.
Those despised school speed cameras on Long Island may soon be replaced with other things taxpayers may not like: higher 911 fees and highway billboards.
According to authorities, 25-year-old Ismelda Rodriguez, of Brentwood, was a passenger in a car driven by 27-year-old Daniel Moreira when it struck the back of another vehicle near Exit 49 in Melville at around 3:45 a.m.
New York City is using cameras to catch speeding drivers now more than ever. They're supposed to help keep pedestrians safe, but some drivers say the city is motivated by something entirely different.
The crash sent cement spilling across the westbound lanes, forcing their closure.
Police in Suffolk County arrested two people in separate DWI incidents Sunday morning.
A storm that dumped nearly an entire summer's worth of rain in parts of the Tri-State area caused major flooding in some spots, stranding motorists and snarling the morning commute.
