47-year-old man in critical condition after 88 Oldsmobile crashes on Queens highway

The area of the Clearview Expressway near the area where a 47-year-old man crashed on Monday.
The area of the Clearview Expressway near the area where a 47-year-old man crashed on Monday. Photo credit Google Street View

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A 47-year-old man was hospitalized on Monday after careening off the Clearview Expressway near the Clearview Park Golf Course in Queens — possibly after suffering a medical episode, according to police.

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The man drove his 1966 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 sedan off the right shoulder of the highway, where he struck a metal light pole around 9:22 p.m., officials said. He re-entered the roadway, but again veered right and struck a second metal light pole before crashing into a tree and coming to a stop.

EMS rushed the man to New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Queens in critical condition.

The NYPD’s Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad is still investigating the crash.

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