Wrong-way driver arrested after crash on Northern State

<p>The crash had shut down all lanes between exits 32 and 33.</p>

News 12 Staff

Feb 19, 2018, 11:12 AM

Updated 2,251 days ago

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Police say a driver has been arrested for driving the wrong way on the Northern State Parkway in Westbury this morning.
According to police, Javier Herrera, 30, of Brooklyn, was operating a truck westbound in the eastbound lanes on the parkway east of exit 32. That is when Herrera’s vehicle struck two other cars, causing one of the involved occupants to suffer a fractured leg.
Police say the other occupants who were involved in the crash were not injured.
Herrera was arrested on charges including DWI, resisting arrest, aggravated unlicensed operator, and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Anyone with information or was a witness to this accident is asked to call the State Police at 631-756-3300.


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