Incident location, Long Island
What Happened
A Queens man has died days after being critically injured in a rear-end collision on the Long Island Expressway, Nassau County Police announced Tuesday. Nuriddin Soliev, 31, of Glendale, was pronounced dead by a hospital physician on Monday, June 1, 2026, succumbing to injuries he suffered in a tractor-trailer crash that occurred late on the night of Friday, May 29, according to AOL/Daily Voice.
The collision took place at 11:38 p.m. on the westbound Long Island Expressway near Exit 34 in North Hills, Nassau County. Detectives said a 53-year-old man was operating a 2011 Mack tractor-trailer westbound on the expressway when he rear-ended a 2023 Honda Civic being driven by a 32-year-old man. Soliev and a 33-year-old man were passengers in the Civic at the time of the crash, according to investigators.
All three occupants of the Honda Civic were transported to local hospitals by Nassau County Police Department ambulances following the collision, according to AOL/Daily Voice. The Honda’s driver and the 33-year-old passenger were both treated for minor injuries. Soliev, however, was listed in critical condition in the immediate aftermath of the crash. He would remain hospitalized for three days before being pronounced dead on Monday afternoon.
The 53-year-old driver of the Mack tractor-trailer was not injured in the collision, authorities said. Nassau County Police did not release the tractor-trailer driver’s name at the time of the report. No details regarding the circumstances leading up to the rear-end collision — such as speed, lane position, or whether braking occurred — were immediately released by investigators.
Soliev was identified as a resident of Glendale, a neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York City. Specific details about his personal life were not immediately available. His loved ones have been invited to share information with the reporting outlet directly. The investigation into the fatal crash remains ongoing as of Tuesday, June 2, 2026, per Nassau County Police as reported by AOL.
Location & Road Context
The crash occurred on the westbound Long Island Expressway (I-495) near Exit 34, which serves the North Hills area of Nassau County — a heavily trafficked stretch of highway that funnels significant commercial and commuter volume between Nassau County and Queens. The LIE is one of the most congested highways in the United States, and its westbound lanes near the Nassau-Queens border routinely carry high volumes of both passenger vehicles and commercial trucks, particularly during overnight hours when tractor-trailers are common.
Our database shows 874 recorded incidents on the Long Island Expressway (I-495) and 427 accidents logged in Nassau County alone — figures that underscore the persistent danger along this corridor. Recent incidents in our database include multiple crashes on I-495 in the days surrounding this fatality, reflecting the ongoing hazard that large commercial vehicles and high-speed traffic create on this stretch of road.
Investigation & Legal Proceedings
As of Tuesday, June 2, Nassau County Police detectives confirmed that the investigation into the fatal crash remains ongoing. No charges had been announced against the 53-year-old tractor-trailer driver as of the time of reporting. The driver was not injured in the collision and, presumably, remained available to investigators following the crash.
The fact that Soliev’s death occurred three days after the initial collision — transitioning the case from a critical-injury investigation to a fatal one — may affect the legal classification of any potential charges that detectives and Nassau County prosecutors consider going forward. Rear-end crashes involving commercial tractor-trailers that result in fatalities can draw scrutiny regarding driver attentiveness, vehicle maintenance records, and hours-of-service compliance under federal motor carrier regulations, though investigators have not publicly stated a cause as of this report.
Broader Impact
Rear-end collisions involving tractor-trailers on expressways are among the most lethal crash configurations on Long Island roads, due to the extreme weight disparity between commercial trucks and passenger vehicles. A fully loaded tractor-trailer can weigh up to 80,000 pounds under federal limits, compared to roughly 3,000 pounds for a compact Honda Civic — a mass differential that makes survival at speed highly dependent on the precise angle, point of impact, and vehicle safety systems. Soliev’s death three days after the initial crash is consistent with the delayed mortality pattern seen in high-force rear-end collisions involving severe internal trauma.