A 60-year-old man riding in a Ford Mustang was killed after the car collided with a Jeep Wrangler at the intersection of Long Beach Road and Windsor Parkway in Hempstead. The passenger, who has not been publicly identified, was pronounced dead at a hospital, while both drivers survived with only minor injuries.
According to Newsday, citing Nassau County police, the 2007 Ford Mustang was traveling west on Windsor Parkway and crossing Long Beach Road when it collided with a 2026 Jeep Wrangler heading south on Long Beach Road. The crash happened Tuesday in Hempstead, and police have not released additional details about how it unfolded.
Victim Not Yet Identified
Police have described the man killed only as a 60-year-old passenger, and his identity had not been released as of Wednesday. The report notes that both drivers involved in the crash were transported to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries, but no further information on their conditions, names, or ages has been made public.
Nassau police have not disclosed which vehicle had the right of way at the intersection, nor have they indicated whether any citations or charges are expected to follow. The department has provided no further details about the crash beyond the basic sequence of events, per the same report.
Part of a Troubling Pattern on Long Island Roads
The Hempstead crash adds to a string of serious collisions reported across Nassau County this year. In March, a six-vehicle crash on the Southern State Parkway near Hempstead killed two people in their 80s and left the driver arrested on a DWI charge, according to CBS New York. In June, another crash on the Southern State Parkway near Exit 20 westbound left a 4-year-old child in critical condition, Newsday reported separately.
Newsday's own tracking has shown a rise in road fatalities across the region: the outlet's road fatality database found that Nassau road deaths rose in 2025, and in the first few days of 2026 alone, the news organization had already tracked five traffic-related deaths across Long Island. The Nassau County Department of Health also maintains a Motor Vehicle Fatalities Dashboard that tracks deaths occurring within 30 days of a collision on public roadways, though the state cautions that some county-level crash figures are withheld when case counts fall below six, in order to protect victim confidentiality, per the New York State Department of Health.
No additional details about the Hempstead crash, including the cause of the collision or the identities of those involved, had been released as of the latest update. Newsday credited the crash photograph in its report to Lou Minutoli.
