Tow Truck Driver Assisting Disabled Car on LIE Struck And Killed

October 8 2022 QUEENS, New York – Toe truck driver is dead and others injured on LIE this morning after a Serious car crash.

Around 3:23am, multiple cars collided on Long Island Expressway near 84th street and Woodhaven blvd, killing one person and leaving another in critical condition.

Preliminary investigation determined that a 47-year-old male tow truck operator was parked in a left lane of the LIE, attempting to tow a disabled vehicle from the location, when he was struck by unknown driver. Driver of the disabled car, a 27-year-old male, was also struck in the crash, taken to a hospital in critical condition. Operator of the tow truck was pronounced dead at the hospital.