Loop Parkway westbound near Point Lookout, November 2007 file, not the incident scene. Doug Kerr / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; image remains under this license).
Multiple workers fell into the water while working on the Loop Parkway bridge Wednesday, prompting a response by state and local agencies and the closure of the parkway in both directions, New York State Police said.
New York State Police, the Nassau County Police Department and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation responded at approximately 11:50 a.m. following reports of the workers falling into the water, according to the State Police release dated November 11.
The release said Loop Parkway was closed in both directions and that the incident remained under investigation. State Police said additional information would be posted in its newsroom as it became available.
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