Blackwood Resident Among 2 Killed In Head-On Crash In Upstate NY: Cops

CHESTER, NY — A Gloucester Township resident was among two people killed in a head-on crash early Wednesday in Upstate New York, officials said.

It happened around 1:45 a.m. on a highway in Chester, New York.

Sydney M. Haines, 25, of Blackwood, drove on the wrong side of Route 17 and hit another vehicle head-on, according to New York State Police.

Haines and the other driver — Mordichy Zafir, 54, of Kiamesha Lake, New York — were pronounced dead at the scene. A 17-year-old boy in Zafir's car was seriously injured and brought to the hospital, police said.

Chester, Orange County, is about 65 miles northwest of New York City.

The crash remains under investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed it can call the New York State Police Monroe Bureau of Criminal Investigation at 845-344-5300.