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 mentioned.
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 response to 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 driving 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 neighborhood, was returning dwelling from a marriage in Monsey, N.Y., in line with a number of studies. The younger sufferer is described as his son.
Authorities haven’t mentioned what could have led Haines to drive on the flawed facet of Route 17.
The crash stays underneath investigation, NYSP mentioned. 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
