Parkway East Crash Today (2024)

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What happened on the Southern State Parkway? ›

NBC New York's Jessica Cunnington reports. A 32-year-old woman has been indicted in the alleged drug-fueled wrong-way wreck that took the life of her 9-year-old son and demolished four vehicles on Long Island's Southern State Parkway last week, the Suffolk County district attorney's office confirmed Wednesday.

Visiting the official website of your local police or sheriff's department might provide online access to recent accident reports or instructions on how to obtain them. Of course, these databases take time before they are updated. You can use non-emergency phone lines to inquire about specific incidents.

In order to allow a proper Party of Interest (i.e. Driver, Passenger, Property Owner, Vehicle Owner, Parent of Minor, or Legal Guardian) to obtain a copy of a CHP collision report/investigation, without having to go to the CHP Area office where the collision report was filed, you can complete the CHP 190 to release the ...

On Friday, May 31, 2024, at approximately 2:00 p.m., the New York State Police were dispatched to Southern State Parkway Eastbound East of exit 29, Hicksville Road, Town of Oyster Bay Nassau County for reports of an overturned vehicle. Upon arrival, Troopers observed two vehicles involved in a motor vehicle crash.

The Southern State Parkway and its notorious 10-mile section nicknamed "Blood Alley" were not built for high-speed travel.

A traffic incident report by the California Highway Patrol generally takes one to two weeks to be processed. In cases where a motor vehicle collision involves a fatality, it may take investigators several months to complete the CHP police report.

It is required whether you caused the collision or not, and even if the collision occurred on private property. Your driving privilege will be suspended if you do not complete an SR-1 report or did not have the proper insurance coverage at the time of the vehicle collision.

The Southern State Parkway was built in 1927, and quickly became an incredibly popular and idyllic drive among New Yorkers, providing easy access to Long Island's beautiful beaches and forests. A lot has changed since then. Today, over 200,000 cars a day use the Parkway, often at dangerously high speeds.

He found that the Southern State bridges were substantially lower averaging just 107.6 inches (eastbound) with four under 8 feet tall.

How long is the Southern State Parkway? ›

It was the first highway designed for automobile use only. The parkway was privately built by William Kissam Vanderbilt II with overpasses and bridges to remove most intersections. It officially opened on October 10, 1908. It closed in 1938 when it was taken over by the state of New York in lieu of back taxes.