Michelle Di Bona was on the phone with a friend Tuesday afternoon while driving home from work on the Long Island Expressway when she heard a loud bang behind her.

At first, the Northwell Health operating room booking clerk said she assumed it was a car accident. But before she could look in the rearview mirror, a car zoomed past her in the HOV lane, bumping into the median multiple times, Di Bona recalled.

When the car finally came crashing to a halt near Exit 53 in Dix Hills, Di Bona, 57, said she and several other good Samaritans stopped and pulled the driver out of the car.

The man was unconscious and not breathing. Someone said they thought he was overdosing, she said.

"The moment I heard the word overdose, I ran to my car," the Middle Island resident said. "I don't know what clic

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