Crime & Safety
4 Injured In Wrong-Way Crash On I-84 In Orange County
A New Jersey man got on the interstate and was driving in the wrong direction, police said the preliminary investigation showed.
DEERPARK, NY — A multi-vehicle crash in the town of Deerpark sent four people to the hospital Tuesday.
The New York State Police said the crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. on Interstate 84, near mile marker 1.4.
The preliminary investigation found that Frances Taillard, 67, of Montague, New Jersey, was driving a 2017 GMC Sierra when he entered I-84.
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He was traveling west in the eastbound lanes when he struck a Dodge Durango head-on and then struck a Jeep Grand Cherokee. That caused the Sierra to strike a Lexus and rollover coming to rest on its side in both lanes.
Taillard was extricated from his truck and taken to Westchester Medical Center by medivac helicopter.
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The driver of the Durango — Donald Kluge, 67, of Pleasantville — and the driver of the Jeep, identified as Valerie Roman, 37, of Warwick, were taken to Garnet Regional Medical Center with minor injuries.
Rohitkumar Patel, 75, of Arsdley, was the driver of the Lexus. He was not injured.
The crash is still under investigation.
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