2 dead in wrong-way crash on Long Island’s Meadowbrook State Parkway

Two radical were killed Wednesday nighttime successful a wrong-way car clang connected the Meadowbrook State Parkway connected Long Island.

New York State Police said 1 conveyance was traveling southbound successful the northbound lanes and struck a car driving successful the close direction, WABC reported.

Cops responded to the scene astir 11:30 p.m., according to Patch. Both drivers were declared dormant astatine the scene. Authorities made nary notation of immoderate passengers successful the 2 vehicles.

The victims were not publically identified. Additionally, constabulary did not accidental what preceded the wrong-way operator traveling southbound successful the northbound lanes.

The clang tract was cleared up of Thursday greeting unreserved hour, WABC reported. State constabulary are inactive investigating the accident.

Fatal car crashes person go much predominant passim the authorities and successful New York City successful caller years. Earlier this year, 2024 was on way to beryllium the city’s deadliest successful a decennary with respect to car wrecks.

In June, authorities comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a study showing traffic fatalities had grown astatine “an alarming rate” of 25.8% passim the authorities from 2019 to 2022. Regionally, Long Island was adjacent the median for car clang deaths per capita, with 8.4 fatalities per 100,000 residents during the studied clip period.

The Meadowbrook State Parkway runs north-south done Nassau County, moving 12 miles from the Northern State Parkway to the Ocean Parkway / Bay Parkway.

Earlier this twelvemonth successful April, 1 antheral was killed and 2 others injured successful a high-speed clang connected the route. Michael Brown Jr., 36, was speeding and slammed into the backmost of a Toyota, according to police. Brown’s car flipped over, and he was killed successful the wreck. The occupants of the Toyota were hospitalized.