Traffic & Transit
71-Year-Old Victim In Deadly I-84 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van, Freightliner Crash ID'd By Police
The tractor-trailer was traveling west and slowed down due to traffic, when the van struck the back of the tractor-trailer, police said.
MONTGOMERY, NY — Authorities have identified the victim of this week's deadly crash on I-84.
New York State Police say that on Tuesday, around 3:06 p.m., troopers from the Montgomery barracks responded to I-84 west, near exit 28, in the town of Montgomery, after receiving a report of a two-vehicle collision.
An initial investigation found that a 2020 Freightliner tractor-trailer was traveling west in the right lane and was slowing to a stop due to traffic conditions. A 2025 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, also traveling west in the same lane, failed to observe the slowing traffic and struck the back of the Freightliner's trailer.
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The driver of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van was identified as 71-year-old Kevin Cantwell, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He was extricated from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Freightliner, a 47-year-old man from Springfield, Massachusetts, was not injured.
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State police say the investigation is ongoing.
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