(This story was posted by Joe Dowd; it was written by Heather Doyle.)
Two men were hospitalized after being involved in a three-car crash on the Long Island Expressway Thursday, Nassau County Police said.
Emergency crews, including the Syosset Fire Department, were called to the LIE near Exit 43 at about 11 a.m. Thursday, cops said.
According to detectives, an 83-year-old Brooklyn man stopped in the eastbound HOV lane after getting a flat tire. A car traveling behind him, driven by a 54-year-old Seaford man, collided with the stopped car, cops said.
The 83-year-old suffered "multiple traumas" as a result of the crash, cops said. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and was listed in serious condition Thursday, police reported.
A third car, driven by a 36-year-old Elmhurst man, collided with the second car, police said. The 54-year-old man reported chest pains after the second collision, cops reported. The Seaford man was also hospitalized, but was later released, police said.
The Elmhurst man escaped the crash unharmed, police reported.
The first two cars were impounded at the scene for safety and brake checks, police said. No criminality is suspected at the time.
All eastbound lanes between Exits 43 and 44 on the LIE were closed for more than two hours as crews secured the scene.
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