3 killed, 5 hurt in high-speed Long Island crash: ‘100-plus mph at least’
Three people were killed and five others hurt – two critically – in a high-speed Long Island crash late Sunday, cops said.
A motorist was heading west on Sunrise Highway – across from a shopping center – at a “high rate of speed” when that vehicle collided with three others around 7:20 p.m., Nassau County Police said.
Three people involved in the smash-up were pronounced dead at the scene.
Five more people were taken to local hospitals – where two are listed in “critical unstable condition,” two in stable condition and one was treated and released, cops said.
First responders used the jaws of life to remove people who had become trapped in their cars, WABC reported.
The investigation was ongoing Monday morning, when overturned and crumpled vehicles could still be seen on the roadway.
Sunrise Highway was closed eastbound and westbound from Unqua Road to Old Sunrise Highway.
Hours later, another massive crash clogged up Long Island roadways.
A 2005 Nissan SUV was speeding east on Hempstead Turnpike near the Westminster Road intersection around 2:20 a.m. when the driver struck a parked 2009 Toyota Corolla, cops said.
One passenger in the Toyota was pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said. That person was not immediately identified.
Three other Toyota passengers — and two pedestrians who were standing next to the vehicle — were also hospitalized and treated for non-life threatening injuries, authorities said.
According to an early WABC report, two of those injured were believed to be children.
Witness Zein Mohamed told the outlet that the SUV driver sped through a red light on Hempstead Turnpike, with no headlights on.
Multiple people – including two believed to be children – suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the network reported.
Witness Zein Mohamed told the outlet that the SUV driver sped through a red light on Hempstead Turnpike, with no headlights on.
“He was speeding like 100 plus miles at least,” Mohamed said. “People saw him at Cherry Valley here speeding through the car. There was a whole family there, so it was very bad.”
Hempstead Turnpike remained closed later in the morning, eastbound and westbound from Westminster Road to Broad Street.
