Cars piled up in multiple-vehicle crash on Long Island Expressway in Long Island City; 4 people hurt
By Eyewitness News
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LONG ISLAND CITY, New York (WABC) — Nine cars crashed on the westbound Long Island Expressway in Queens, with some cars piled on top of others.
It happened Friday morning on the LIE at 25th Street in Long Island City.
Four people were hurt. One person was critically injured.
At least one victim could be seen being lifted on a backboard over the center median to a waiting ambulance on the other side.
The HOV lane remained open, but all others on the westbound side were closed as the vehicles were towed from the scene.
Traffic at 10 a.m. was backed up all the way to Elmhurst, Queens.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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