What Happened
A minor crash shut down the center lane of the eastbound Southern State Parkway in Nassau County on Thursday, September 10, 2026. No exact time of the incident has been confirmed. One lane remained blocked as of the initial report.
No agency has released the number of vehicles involved, the names of any parties, or the cause of the collision. Police have not yet confirmed whether any injuries resulted.
Location & Road Context
The Southern State Parkway runs east-west across Nassau and Suffolk counties and carries heavy commuter and commercial traffic daily. A separate, moderate crash on the Southern State Parkway was also recorded on September 10, and a minor crash on September 9 hit the same corridor.
According to Long Island Traffic’s incident registry, the Southern State Parkway has logged 65 incidents in the past 30 days and 234 in 2026. Five days before this crash, a fatal crash on the Southern State Parkway near Lindenhurst involved a driver traveling 121 mph.