Incident location, Long Island
What Happened
An 11-year-old boy was airlifted to a local hospital with a serious leg injury after a two-vehicle collision on the Long Island Expressway in Jericho, Nassau County, on Sunday, May 10, 2026, according to the Nassau County Police Department as reported by Long Island Press. The crash occurred just before 6 p.m. and left four people injured across both vehicles.
According to the Nassau County Police Department, a 36-year-old male driver was operating a 2013 Toyota Highlander eastbound on the Long Island Expressway, heading toward Exit 41 in Jericho, when his vehicle collided with a 2016 Chevrolet Suburban. The precise circumstances that led to the collision — including whether either vehicle left its lane, the speed of either vehicle, or any other contributing factors — had not been publicly detailed as of the writing of this report. The NCPD’s Homicide Squad, which handles serious vehicular accidents in Nassau County, was assigned to investigate.
In addition to the Highlander’s driver, his two passengers were also injured in the collision, Long Island Press reported. Police records cited in that report show no further injuries beyond the four individuals — the driver, his two passengers, and the child in the Suburban — were reported at the scene. The nature and severity of the injuries sustained by the Highlander’s driver and passengers were not detailed in the police report.
The most seriously injured victim was an 11-year-old male passenger riding in the 2016 Chevrolet Suburban. Nassau County Aviation airlifted the child from the scene to a local hospital, where he was treated for what the NCPD described as a serious leg injury. The deployment of Nassau County’s aviation unit underscores the medical urgency of the child’s condition at the time of the crash. No fatalities were reported in connection with the incident.
The NCPD’s Homicide Squad’s involvement in the investigation is standard procedure in Nassau County for collisions that result in serious physical injury, even in cases where criminal charges have not yet been filed. As of Long Island Press’s reporting on May 19, 2026, no arrests or charges had been announced in connection with the crash. The investigation was described as ongoing. The department did not release the names of any of the individuals involved in the crash in the report cited by Long Island Press.
No official quotes from investigators, witnesses, or family members were included in the initial police report or the subsequent coverage. Authorities have not publicly identified any of the drivers or passengers by name, and the hometowns of those involved were not disclosed in available records.
Location & Road Context
The crash took place on the Long Island Expressway — designated I-495 — in the Jericho area of Nassau County, near Exit 41. This section of the LIE runs through one of Nassau County’s more densely traveled commuter corridors, connecting central Nassau with the Queens county line to the west and Suffolk County to the east. Exit 41 serves the Jericho Turnpike interchange, a major east-west artery in its own right.
The Long Island Expressway is one of the most incident-prone roadways on Long Island. Our database records 753 documented incidents on this corridor, including multiple crashes in the days immediately surrounding this collision. Recent incidents include a crash on I-495 on May 19, 2026, another on May 20, 2026, and a sinkhole event on May 15 that temporarily halted traffic on the same expressway. The volume and frequency of serious incidents on this road reflect its status as one of the busiest and most dangerous stretches of highway in New York State.
Investigation & Legal Proceedings
The Nassau County Police Department’s Homicide Squad has taken the lead on this investigation, which is the standard investigative unit deployed in Nassau County for crashes resulting in serious physical injury. As of the most recent available reporting, no arrests had been made and no charges had been filed in connection with the May 10 collision on the LIE. The NCPD has not publicly released the names of any parties involved, and no further update to the investigation’s status had been issued at the time Long Island Press published its report on May 19, 2026. Readers with information relevant to the crash are encouraged to contact the Nassau County Police Department directly.
Broader Impact
The airlift of an 11-year-old from the scene of an LIE collision highlights the recurring danger that high-speed expressway crashes pose to younger passengers, who can sustain disproportionately severe injuries in side- or front-impact collisions. This incident comes during a particularly active stretch on the LIE, which has seen a drunk-driving crash in Holtsville that left a woman blinded and with a fractured skull just days later on May 20, 2026, reinforcing the urgent and ongoing safety concerns along Nassau and Suffolk County’s primary east-west artery.