Driver killed in 1-vehicle crash on Northern State Parkway
New York State Troopers investigate a fatal accident on the eastbound Northern State Parkway in Dix Hills Thursday. Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp
The driver of a speeding truck died in a predawn single-vehicle crash on the Northern State Parkway on Thursday, according to the New York State Police.
Osmond Duarte, 21, the driver, was found dead in the road on the eastbound side of the parkway, east of Exit 41, Wolf Hill Road, in Dix Hills, state police said.
Investigators determined that Duarte was driving the 2011 Hino commercial flatbed truck at "an unsafe speed," state police said, when it crashed into the center median and overturned. Duarte was thrown from the truck, they said.
The call reporting the crash came in at about 6:24 a.m., state police said.
In 2024, 185 people were killed on Long Island in traffic crashes, including 67 in Nassau County and 118 in Suffolk. Of those, 94 were drivers: 36 in Nassau and 58 in Suffolk, according to the University at Albany-based Institute For Traffic Safety Management & Research.
More coverage: Every 7 minutes on average a traffic crash causing death, injury or significant property damage happens on Long Island. A Newsday investigation found that traffic crashes killed more than 2,100 people between 2014 and 2023 and seriously injured more than 16,000 people. To search for fatal crashes in your area, click here.
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
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