Two Dead After Palisades Parkway Crash

Investigators believe neither of the New Jersey senior citizens who died after a crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway Sunday were wearing seatbelts, according to State Police.

Police said Rudy Andreazza, 81, of Fairview, NJ, was driving a 2005 Cadillac southbound on the parkway at 3:25 p.m. between the Exit 11 and Exit 12 interchanges in Ramapo when he lost control of the car and drove into the wooded median. The car struck a large tree.

Andreazza's wife, Marie, 79, was riding in the front passenger seat and was partially ejected from the Cadillac, police said.

Rudy Andreazza died at the scene of the accident. Marie Andreazza was taken by volunteers of Spring Hill Ambulance to Nyack Hospital, where police said she died from her injuries.

State troopers were assisted at the scene by volunteers from the Hillcrest Fire Department as well as the volunteers of Spring Hill Ambulance, and deputies from the Rockland County Sheriff's Department and Town of Clarkstown police officers.