March 5, 2019 Staff Report
A man died early this morning after his car struck a guardrail on the Long Island Expressway near Grand Central Parkway in Corona-Flushing, according to police.
The 30-year-old driver, whose identity has yet to be released pending family notification, was headed east on a Long Island Expressway service road in a 2012 Ford Escape when he struck the guardrail at the location at around 1:36 a.m. on March 5.
Area incident (Google Maps)
The car came to a rest, and the driver lost consciousness, police said.
EMS transported him to NY Presbyterian Hospital – Queens, where he was pronounced dead.
No other vehicles or individuals were involved at the time of the incident. The NYPD’s Highway Collision Investigation Squad continues to investigate.
