Three people died and nearly a dozen others were injured after a multi-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway (LIE)<\/a> in Queens last month.<\/p>\n The initial crash occurred when the 25-year-old driver of a black Infiniti apparently lost control and hit a guardrail around 4:20 a.m. The impact cause the Infiniti to split in half; the front portion landed in one of the lanes of the LIE and was hit by an Acura TL. The driver of the Infiniti and two passengers were ejected from the vehicle. They were pronounced dead at the scene. The two other passengers were transported to an area hospital, one in critical condition. The Acura driver was unharmed.<\/p>\n The fatal crash spawned a chain-reaction pile-up when a dump truck, attempting to avoid the first accident, collided with five other vehicles stopped by the first crash. Several people were injured in that crash.<\/p>\n A preliminary investigation indicated that the Infiniti (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three people died and nearly a dozen others were injured after a multi-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway (LIE) in Queens last month. The initial crash occurred when the 25-year-old driver of a black Infiniti apparently lost control and…<\/span><\/p>\n