HOLTSVILLE, NY : 2 people killed in wrong-way crash on Long Island on Thursday, 20th July 2023

A wrong-way collision on the Long Island Expressway killed two people early Thursday morning, and there are many questions as to how it happened.

The LIE has since reopened, but all westbound lanes and the eastbound HOV lane between exits 63 and 62 were closed for hours following the crash just before 1 a.m.

The crash claimed two lives. Police said the innocent driver of an Acura, 32-year-old Jose Ferreira of West Babylon, was traveling westbound when he was struck head-on in the middle lane at the Holtsville-Farmingville border by a Chevrolet Silverado. Thomas Raimondo of Holbrook, the 61-year-old driver of that pickup truck, was the wrong-way driver, police said.


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