Merrick Avenue is shut down at North Jerusalem Road Monday morning after a three-vehicle crash led to a fuel spill.
The crash occurred near the intersection of Merrick Avenue and Midian Street around 6 a.m. According to the driver of a Red Baron truck that was involved in the crash, he was heading southbound on Merrick Avenue when a convertible swerved into oncoming traffic. In an an effort to avoid the convertible, the truck veered left and sideswiped the convertible. Also, the truck collided into a landrover.
The convertible had considerable damage, and the truck driver told Patch that the convertible's driver was yelling and screaming before being transported to a local hospital.
It's not known whether the Land Rover's driver was transported as well. Also, the extent of their injuries is not known either at this point. Police blocked off the scene with flares while they, along with Nassau County's Hazmat team, investigated the incident. There was no word on if there's suspected criminality.
This is a breaking news story. Patch will provide more information as it's made available.
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Three-Vehicle Crash Shuts Down Merrick Avenue
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Bobby Stokel May 21, 2013 at 11:17 am
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Zach T May 17, 2013 at 07:20 pm
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Bless you, Anthony. And though I know ultimately the "Judge" will have to be held…Read More accountable by a higher authority...those of us who do this work, have not forgotten nor will we allow the system to forget what her role in this travesity was.
Anthony Merlo May 16, 2013 at 10:24 am
Thank you for this wonderful article on a good man pushed to the brink. I appriciate the fact this…Read More came form the heart and did not hold back. As Sacristan at Cure of Ars, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Rich (as I called him) for some time. He was a man of faith and a pleasure to see. Always with a smile and kind word, you would never know what was going on the way he acted. This was a wonderful and insightful article. It is heartbreaking to think that where there was once love between 2 people, things got to the point where one persons life was destroyed by those who could and did for no apparent reason other than having the ability to do so. God will have mercy on Dr. Rich and the ex-wife and "Judge" should pray for the same given their actions.