Two adults are lifeless and one 17-year-old boy was significantly injured in a wrong-way crash within the Hudson Valley space early Wednesday morning, New York State Police stated.
The pinnacle-on car collision occurred simply earlier than 2 a.m. on a freeway within the Village of Chester, roughly 60 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan.
In keeping with state troopers, the feminine driver of a 2009 Nissan was touring eastbound within the westbound lanes of State Route 17, when she collided head-on with a 2014 Honda Odyssey.
Each the motive force of the Nissan, later recognized as 25-year-old Sydney M. Haines, of Blackwood, N.J., and the opposite driver, 54-year-old Mordichy Zafir, of Kiamesha Lake, N.Y., have been pronounced lifeless on the scene.
A 17-year-old male passenger of the Honda, additionally from Kiamesha Lake, was “seriously injured” within the crash and rushed to Garnet Medical Middle in Middletown, N.Y.
His situation wasn’t instantly obtainable Thursday morning.
Zafir, a rabbi and a member of the Vizhnitz group, was returning dwelling from a marriage in Monsey, N.Y., based on a number of studies. The younger sufferer is described as his son.
Authorities haven’t stated what could have led Haines to drive on the flawed aspect of Route 17.
The crash stays underneath investigation, NYSP stated. Anybody who could have witnessed the collision is requested to contact the State Police Monroe Bureau of Legal Investigation at (845) 344-5300.
Initially Printed: March 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM EST
