The Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway has reopened in Wantagh following a hydraulic fuel spill, Nassau police said.

The incident, involving a New York State Department of Transportation truck, began around 4:30 p.m. and involved a truck leaking hydraulic fluid, a Nassau police spokesperson told Newsday.

The spill closed the southbound highway at Exit 2 between Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road, according to a police news release. The roadway reopened about three hours later.

The state vehicle "experienced a hydraulic fluid leak while performing road maintenance activities on southbound State Route 135, necessitating a temporary closure of the highway," department spokesman Stephen Canzoneri said in a statement emailed to Newsday. "Crews have cleaned up the spill and the highway has since reo

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