Floral Park resident Antonio Bianco, 54, was killed Oct. 4 when he collided with a truck pulling a postal trailer in Hicksville.

According to Nassau County homicide detectives, Bianco, who was operating a 2005 Nissan pickup truck southbound on Broadway, was attempting to make a left turn onto Old Country Road when he was involved in a collision with a 2001 18-wheeler traveling north and pulling a postal trailer.

At approximately 7:30 p.m., the Hicksville Fire Department received the call for the accident with injuries. Bianco was transported to Nassau University Medical Center and pronounced dead at 8:18 p.m.

Franklin Square resident Janeen Tortura, 24, a passenger in the truck, was taken to Nassau University Medical Center where she is listed in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit. Angelo Bianco, 27, another passenger and also a resident of Floral Park, was transported to Winthrop-University Hospital and listed in stable condition while the driver of the truck, 40-year-old Leonard Simmons of Amityville, was taken to North Shore Plainview Hospital where he was treated and released.

Both vehicles were impounded for safety tests. The investigation is continuing.

– Victoria A. Caruso