{"id":628817,"date":"2026-05-07T12:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/628817\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:10:08","slug":"lie-closed-eastbound-between-exits-46-and-48-after-collision-fuel-spill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/628817\/","title":{"rendered":"LIE closed eastbound between exits 46 and 48 after collision, fuel spill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All eastbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway were closed between exits 46 and 48 in Plainview due to a collision involving two tractor-trailers, Nassau police said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident began sometime before 3:30 a.m. near the Sunnyside Boulevard exit, according to the online <a class=\"nd-link\" href=\"https:\/\/511ny.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website 511NY.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Initial reports indicated the crash also caused a fuel spill that authorities were attempting to address.<\/p>\n<p>Nassau police could not immediately provide additional information, including whether anyone was hurt in the crash or how long the roadway will be closed.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from the scene show a badly damaged cab of a tractor-trailer that appears to be jackknifed.<\/p>\n<p>Eastbound traffic was being diverted to the service road, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Check back for updates on this developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All eastbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway were closed between exits 46 and 48 in Plainview due&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3475,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-628817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-nassau","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}