What Happened
A crash on the Long Island Expressway eastbound near Exit 50 closed all eastbound lanes at the Exit 49N on-ramp Sunday morning, September 13, 2026, according to News 12. Suffolk County police confirmed the crash was reported via 911 at approximately 6 a.m.
The closure held all eastbound traffic at Exit 49N for roughly six hours. The Long Island Expressway eastbound reopened around noon, News 12 reported in an 8:28 a.m. update.
Suffolk County police have not released the names or ages of anyone involved, the number of vehicles, or the cause of the crash. No injury or fatality information has been confirmed.
Location & Road Context
Exit 49N and Exit 50 on the Long Island Expressway (I-495) eastbound fall within Suffolk County. A six-hour closure of all eastbound lanes on a Sunday morning would push traffic back well past Exit 49N across the Nassau-Suffolk line.
The LIE corridor has recorded 99 incidents in the past 30 days and 475 in 2026, according to Long Island Traffic’s incident registry. The most recent prior fatal crash on the corridor occurred August 26, 2026. Sunday’s closure is one of the 99 incidents logged on the corridor in the past 30 days.
Drivers on the LIE near Exit 49N on Sunday morning can check real-time conditions at Long Island Traffic’s I-495 road page.
Broader Impact
Three additional LIE crashes were recorded within 24 hours of this incident: a second I-495 crash on September 14, a Melville secondary-strike crash in which a driver checking damage was struck by a second car and two men were charged, and a drug-impaired driving arrest of a Manorville man following a separate LIE crash. Suffolk County police say the September 13 crash near Exit 50 remains under investigation; no arraignment date or reopening timeline beyond the noon clearing has been announced.