Car, truck collide on Long Island Expressway causing fire, no injuries reported

Wednesday, May 10, 2023
QUEENS (WABC) -- Two vehicles were involved in a crash that started a fire on the Long Island Expressway.

The crash created a good amount of traffic in the westbound lanes near Grand Central Parkway.
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Officials say a car and a truck collided at around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday and the truck became fully engulfed in flames.

The highway remained open, but only the left lane had moving traffic. The crash caused major delays in the morning.

NewsCopter7 was over the scene as smoke clouds drifted high up over the highway in Queens.
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Officials say the fire was put out and no injuries were reported.

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