Long Island Expressway, NY

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• Woodside man accused of speeding on LIE, evading police

  Queens man was scheduled to be arraigned on Sunday after he allegedly drove 100 miles an hour on the Long Island Expressway while intoxicated, then kept going when Nassau County police tried to pull him over.Police said Royce Quigua, 38, of Woodside, was driving   Read more »

• LIE westbound lanes closed at exit 41

  All westbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway at exit 41 in Jericho are closed due to an accident involving a car and a tractor-trailer, Nassau police said.No other details on the accident were immediately available.   Read more »

• 7 Bus to expand Long Island service July 1

  the green giant carriers of the newly minted service already roll through the oft-congested lanes of the Long Island Expressway.With the launch, the Bohemia company -- which formerly operated as Bolt Bus Long Island and offered transport from Suffolk County   Read more »

• Crash kills 1, closes LIE east in Melville, police say

  eastbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway were closed in Melville Sunday morning after a fatal crash, Suffolk County police said.Police said a car traveling east on the expressway at 4:26 a.m. lost control near Exit 49, went through a guardrail and landed   Read more »

• Retired bishop dies of LIE crash injuries

  lead the church's social work in New York City and across the nation has died of injuries sustained in a crash on the Long Island Expressway, the Brooklyn diocese announced.Rev. Joseph M. Sullivan, 83, was hit May 30 after a flat tire prompted him to stop   Read more »

Around the web

• Brookhaven Lab Open to the Public on Summer Sundays, July 14 — August 4, 2013

  meet "Einstein Alive." *Appropriate for ages 10 and over Call (631) 344-2651 for more information on Summer Sundays. The Laboratory is located on William Floyd Parkway (County Road 46), one-and-a-half miles north of Exit 68 of the Long Island Expressway.   from Brookhaven National Laboratory News Read more »

• From The Daily Summer: He's Lovin' It! Jerry Della Femina's McMuffin Obsession

  comes clean about his routine. BY EDDIE ROCHE Tell us about your McDonald’s ritual. When you’re stuck on the Long Island Expressway, you have to have a goal. Mine is a Sausage Egg McMuffin in Manorville. The problem is, McDonald’s stops serving them at 11   from Fashion Week Daily Read more »

• Queens woman dies in SUV crash on Long Island Expressway

  Queens woman died early Sunday in an SUV crash. A 33-year-old Queens woman died in an SUV crash on the Long Island Expressway early Sunday. Stacie Polashek was riding towards Queens in a 2003 GMC Yukon when her husband veered onto the right shoulder and hit   from New York Daily News Read more »

• Crime Report: Queens Man Drove 100 Miles an Hour Drunk on Long Island Expressway; Armed Robbery at Franklin Square CVS

  cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency...call 9 1 1. -- Sunday Jul.07 13,03:00 PM Find out more at LongIsland.com/Weather When a Highway Patrol officer spotted Quigua, he cut the officer off by changing lanes in to the HOV lane. Once off the   from LongIsland.com Read more »

• Woman Killed, Man Injured In Long Island Expressway Crash

  killed early Sunday, and her husband was injured, when their sport-utility vehicle crashed into a pickup truck on the Long Island Expressway. Around 4:30 a.m., Matthew Polashek, 33, was driving a 2003 GMC Yukon west on the expressway between exits 61 and 62   from CBS New York Read more »