A Suffolk County police officer was airlifted to a hospital Thursday following a two-vehicle crash in Dix Hills, police say.
Police say it happened around 5 p.m. on the eastbound Long Island Expressway between exits 50 and 51.
The officer was transported to a hospital by a Suffolk County police helicopter.
The other driver did not require medical attention.
The eastbound LIE was temporarily closed at Exit 51.