Three people were killed and five others hurt – two critically – in a high-speed Long Island crash late Sunday, cops said.
A motorist was heading west on Sunrise Highway – across from a shopping center – at a “high rate of speed” when that vehicle collided with three others around 7:20 p.m., Nassau County Police said.
Three people involved in the smash-up were pronounced dead at the scene.
Five more people were taken to local hospitals – where two are listed in “critical unstable condition,” two in stable condition and one was treated and released, cops said.
First responders used the jaws of life to remove people who had become trapped in their cars, WABC reported.
The investigation was ongoing Monday morning, when overturned and crumpled vehicles could still be seen on the roadway.
Sunrise Highway was closed eastbound and westbound from Unqua Road to Old Sunrise Highway.
Read Related Also: Australian couple seriously hurt after falling from medieval wall in Croatia
Hours later, another massive crash clogged up Long Island roadways.
One car smashed into a tree and an SUV crashed into a center median by Broad Street in West Hempstead around 2:30 a.m. Monday, WABC reported.
Multiple people – including two believed to be children – suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the network reported.
Witness Zein Mohamed told the outlet that the SUV driver sped through a red light on Hempstead Turnpike, with no headlights on.
“He was speeding like 100 plus miles at least,” Mohamed said. “People saw him at Cherry Valley here speeding through the car. There was a whole family there, so it was very bad.”
Hempstead Turnpike remained closed later in the morning, eastbound and westbound from Westminster Road to Broad Street.
