Carle Place Crash Leaves Driver Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on November 6, 2013

A driver was killed when his SUV crashed head-on with a tractor trailer in Carle Place early Wednesday morning.

Nassau County police said the victim was driving GMC Acadia Denali westbound on the Glen Cove Road exit ramp of the Northern State Parkway when he crossed into the northbound lanes and struck a southbound U.S. mail truck shortly before 1 a.m.

The victim, whose identity was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Homicide Squad 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.