2 Dead in Inwood BMW Crash With Garbage Truck

By Timothy Bolger Posted on November 28, 2015

Two people died after the BMW they were in was involved in a fiery crash with a garbage truck in Inwood early Saturday morning.

Nassau County police said the BMW heading southbound on Sheridan Boulevard when it collided with a westbound garbage truck at the corner of Bayview Avenue, causing both vehicles to become engulfed in flames at 4:15 a.m.

Inwood Fire Department firefighters extinguished the flames. The two people in the BMW were pronounced dead at the scene.

The truck driver was taken to a local hospital, where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Detectives are continuing the investigation.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.