All lanes reopen on NY road after auto crashes

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SHIRLEY, N.Y. (AP) — All lanes of the Long Island Expressway reopened Thursday following a chain reaction of fiery crashes that killed one person and injured 33 others.

Police said a tractor-trailer smashed into several vehicles about 70 miles east of New York City on Wednesday, setting off a series of accidents that left nearly three dozen vehicles strewn across several hundred yards of the eastbound lanes.

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