רט 17 געשפארט: גרויסע עקסידענט! הצלה ק"י

I just heard on my scanner that there is one dead and 2 in critical condition.

Hatzolah is there and the highway is closed down.

3 dead 2 men 1 lady.
Tracter Trailer cut them off hit the blue mini van threw it across the highway. The van landed on the grass.

There are names already but I don't want to post it just in case Family members don't know yet.

There is an empty baby car seat in the van. Police and Hatzolah are searching in the woods to see if anyone was ejected from the van.

Hatzolah and the NYS police are fighting around.
There are no children involved.
The car seat belongs to Mr. Weiss.

Yanky Meyer and Rabbi Freilech are on the scene trying to sort things out.

Fatal accident closes Rt. 17
Both lanes backed up for miles



Chester – A triple fatal accident involving a tractor trailer truck and an S.U.V. occurred just after 2 p.m. today on Route 17 near the westbound exit No. 128, according to preliminary police reports.
While little information was available, police reports said there were three people dead at the scene. Traffic in both the east and westbound lanes was stalled for miles. Route 17M in the area is also backed up with traffic.
Mike Dawson

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http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/07/15/1.htm

Route 17 closed due to crash
3 killed; 17 to reopen at 8 p.m.

Chester – A Hasidic family from Williamsburg, Brooklyn en route to the Catskills was killed in an accident involving a tractor trailer truck, an S.U.V. and several other vehicles today on Route 17, according to witnesses and preliminary police reports. The accident occurred just after 2 p.m. near westbound exit No. 128.
Police have shut down the highway in both directions and expected to keep it blocked until 8 p.m.
Westbound traffic is blocked at exit No. 130 and exit No. 126 in the eastbound lanes.
The snarl has slowed traffic all along Route 17 and the Thruway. Congestion is especially thick on the Thruway between Harriman and the Tappan Zee Bridge, according to New York State Police.
Mike Dawson

July 15, 2005

Route 17 closed due to crash
3 killed. 17 to reopen by 8 p.m.



Updated 4:25 p.m.

Chester – A young mother and father and their baby were killed in an accident involving a tractor trailer truck, an S.U.V. and several other vehicles today on Route 17, according to witnesses and preliminary police reports. The accident occurred just after 2 p.m. near westbound exit No. 128. The family, which was en route to the Catskills from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, were Hasidic, according to witnesses.
Police have shut down the highway in both directions and expected to keep it blocked until 8 p.m.
Westbound traffic is blocked at exit No. 130 and exit No. 126 in the eastbound lanes.
The snarl has slowed traffic all along Route 17 and the Thruway. Congestion is especially thick on the Thruway between Harriman and the Tappan Zee Bridge, according to New York State Police.
Mike Dawson