HORROR — An 18-wheeler full of gasoline rear-ended another car and burst into flames on the Long Island Expressway just before exit 48 Saturday. The driver was killed.
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Part of the LIE was closed as firefighters tried to douse the flames and extricate the man’s body.
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Witnesses reported seeing the fireball from the 8 a.m. crash for miles.
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A driver of this car that was struck by the tanker as both vehicles travelled eastbound was injured but survived.
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The tanker rolled on its side before bursting into flames. Here firefighters try to douse the inferno.
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Firefighters tried through the afternoon to get the man’s body from the wreckage.
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