Long Island Expressway

Police made a gruesome discovery on the Long Island Expressway over the weekend where a dismembered body turned up in Queens. An investigation is underway into how body parts wound up along the eastbound lanes of the highway around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Officers from the NYPD shut down several lanes throughout the evening while detectives and officials from the…

Police in Queens were investigating how a dismembered body ended up on the Long Island Expressway Saturday afternoon. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

Police are investigating how a dismembered body ended up on the Long Island Expressway.

AAA says during a four hour stretch on Wednesday, one highway has more traffic than anywhere in the country — and was already bumper-to-bumper by the mid-afternoon

AAA said they expect the Long Island Expressway to be the busiest road in the country on Wednesday afternoon, as millions travel ahead of Thanksgiving. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

A man from Torrington is facing manslaughter and drunken driving charges after allegedly killing a man in a dirt bike accident on the Long Island Expressway, according to the Queens District County Attorney. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said 30-year-old Jorge Serrano is accused of striking a dirt bike and killing its rider. Serrano also allegedly hit a moped and…

A 52-year-old Queens man was struck and killed by a Tesla driver as he tried to fix a flat tire on his vehicle on the shoulder of the Long Island Expressway early Monday, police say. Jean Louis was stuck on the left shoulder of the westbound side of the highway before the College Point Boulevard exit when he was hit…

A 32-year-old Long Island woman has been charged in a 13-count grand jury indictment with aggravated manslaughter, aggravated criminally negligent homicide and impaired driving, among other offenses, in the hit-and-run death of a veteran NYPD cop who was assisting at an accident scene last month. Jessica Beauvais was allegedly driving while intoxicated and with a suspended license when she hit…

A veteran NYPD officer who was struck and killed by an alleged drunken hit-and-run driver last week as he was directing traffic away from the scene of an earlier deadly crash was memorialized Tuesday at a funeral. News 4’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

A viewing for Officer Anastasios Tsakos, 43, was held Monday at St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church in Greenlawn, Long Island. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

A veteran NYPD officer who was struck and killed by an alleged drunken hit-and-run driver last week as he was directing traffic away from the scene of an earlier deadly crash was memorialized Tuesday at a funeral. Officer Anastasios Tsakos, 43, was on the Long Island Expressway in Queens exactly a week ago when he was struck by a car…

The woman accused of drunk driving as she struck an NYPD highway officer said she was “sorry” that he’s dead. Jessica Beauvais was arraigned Tuesday in a Queens courtroom on vehicular manslaughter charges and she admitted that she had been drinking and smoking marijuana before she got into her car earlier that morning. Gaby Acevedo reports.

The woman accused of drunk driving as she struck an NYPD highway officer said she was “sorry” that he’s dead. Jessica Beauvais was arraigned Tuesday in a Queens courtroom on vehicular manslaughter charges and she admitted that she had been drinking and smoking marijuana before she got into her car earlier that morning. She was driving down the Long...

An NYPD highway officer has died after being hit by an alleged drunken driver as he investigated a crash scene on the Long Island Expressway early Tuesday, officials say. NBC New York’s John Chandler reports.

An alleged drunk driver hit and killed an NYPD officer. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

An NYPD highway officer has died after being hit by an alleged drunken driver as he investigated a crash scene on the Long Island Expressway early Tuesday, officials say. The Highway Unit officer, identified as 43-year-old Anastasio Tsakos, a 14-year veteran of the force, was at a scene in Clearview around 2 a.m. when a sedan hit him, according...

An NYPD highway officer has died after a vehicle struck him early Tuesday morning, police said.

An NYPD highway officer has died after a vehicle struck him early Tuesday morning, police said. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo and Tracie Strahan report.

An NYPD highway officer died after being hit by an alleged drunken driver as he investigated a crash scene on the Long Island Expressway early Tuesday, officials say. The Highway Unit officer, identified as 43-year-old Anastasios Tsakos, a 14-year veteran of the force, was at a scene in Clearview around 2 a.m. of a crash after a driver lost control…

A delivery truck prompted an hours-long closure of eastbound lanes on the Long Island Expressway after its driver and passenger were killed in a collision with an overpass.