Traffic is moving slowly again on the Long Island Expressway after an accident briefly shut down all westbound lanes of the busy highway Tuesday.
All lanes were closed for a time between exits 58 (Old Nichols Road) and 59 (Ocean Avenue) in Islip due to a multi-vehicle crash shortly after 1 p.m. By 2:30 p.m., all but one of the lanes had reopened and traffic was moving slowly.
Two eastbound lanes were closed because of police activity, but they had also reopened by 2:30 p.m.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash or whether there were any injuries.
