Incident location, Long Island
What Happened
A Glendale man is dead after a tractor-trailer slammed into a passenger vehicle on the westbound Long Island Expressway in North Hills, Nassau County, according to Nassau County detectives. Nuriddin Soliev, 31, of Glendale, Queens County, succumbed to injuries he sustained in the rear-end collision, making him the fatal victim of a crash that injured two others and left the truck driver unharmed. Long Island Life & Politics first reported the fatality.
According to Nassau County investigators, a 53-year-old male was behind the wheel of a 2011 Mack Tractor Trailer, traveling westbound on the Long Island Expressway near Exit 34, when his vehicle struck a 2023 Honda Civic from behind. The Honda was operated by a 32-year-old male and carried two passengers: a 33-year-old individual and Soliev himself. The rear-end impact set off a chain of events that would prove fatal for Soliev and landed all three Honda occupants in area hospitals.
The tractor-trailer driver, the 53-year-old male operator, reported no injuries as a result of the collision, per Long Island Life & Politics. By contrast, all three occupants of the Honda Civic required emergency medical transport. Nassau County Police Department ambulances responded to the scene and conveyed all three victims to local hospitals for evaluation and treatment.
Of the three Honda occupants, the driver — the 32-year-old male — and the 33-year-old passenger were each treated for minor injuries and are expected to have survived the crash without life-threatening consequences. Soliev, however, was not as fortunate. The 31-year-old Queens County resident died from the injuries he sustained in the collision, according to Nassau County detectives as reported by Long Island Life & Politics. The precise cause of death and the nature of his specific injuries have not been publicly detailed at this time.
No information has been released regarding the exact time of the crash, the weather or road surface conditions at the time, or what may have caused the tractor-trailer to close on the Honda Civic without apparent braking or avoidance. Nassau County detectives have not publicly disclosed whether fatigue, distraction, speed, or mechanical failure played a role, and those questions remain open as the investigation continues.
Location & Road Context
The collision took place on the Long Island Expressway near Exit 34, a section of I-495 that runs through the North Hills area of Nassau County — a stretch of highway sitting near the Nassau-Queens border and representing one of the most heavily traveled corridors on all of Long Island. The LIE carries tens of thousands of vehicles daily, including a significant volume of commercial truck traffic heading to and from New York City and points west, making rear-end crashes involving large tractor-trailers a documented hazard along this route. Exit 34 in the North Hills area sits in a zone where highway speeds are substantial and stopping distances for large commercial vehicles become critically important. For live traffic conditions along the LIE, visit our LIE traffic page.
Investigation & Legal Proceedings
Nassau County detectives are actively investigating the circumstances of the fatal crash, according to the report from Long Island Life & Politics. As of the time of publication, no arrests have been announced and no charges have been filed in connection with the death of Nuriddin Soliev. The investigation is described as ongoing, and authorities have not yet released details about contributing factors such as speed, driver behavior, or mechanical condition of the tractor-trailer. Further updates are expected as the Nassau County medical examiner and detectives complete their review of the evidence.
Broader Impact
Fatal rear-end collisions involving commercial tractor-trailers and passenger vehicles are among the deadliest crash types on Long Island’s highways, owing to the extreme disparity in size and mass between the vehicles involved. When a fully loaded Mack tractor-trailer traveling at highway speed strikes a compact sedan like a Honda Civic from behind, occupants of the smaller vehicle face a dramatically elevated risk of catastrophic injury — a dynamic that regulators and safety advocates continue to cite in ongoing debates over truck speed limiters and automatic emergency braking mandates for commercial vehicles operating on high-volume corridors like the Long Island Expressway.