Vacationer From The UK Accused In Crash That Injured 14

ORANGETOWN, NY — A three-car crash Saturday caused by a wrong-way driver sent 14 to the hospital including two critically injured children, Orangetown police said.

Police said a 20-year-old man from Great Britain drove a BMW the wrong way on a one-way section of Greenbush Road and then onto Route 303, hitting a northbound car in the right lane which careened into a northbound car in the left lane.

He and a passenger in the BMW then ran into nearby woods where they were quickly found by police, Orangetown Police Capt. Michael Shannon told Patch.

Thomas Robb first struck a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze driven by Jacquelyn Pachay, 32, of Newark, New Jersey. The Cruze hit a 2021 Dodge Challenger driven by Lawrence McMannis Jr., 55, of Mahwah, New Jersey.

The three drivers and 11 passengers were transported to local hospitals. The children, aged 6 and 7, were still in critical condition Monday, Shannon said.

Robb, who is in the United States on vacation, Shannon said, now faces two felony charges: second-degree assault and leaving the scene of an incident with serious physical injury, and two misdemeanor charges: second-degree reckless endangerment and reckless driving.

After being treated he was sent to Rockland County Jail on $25,000 bail and is due in court Aug. 8.

Emergency responders from Blauvelt, Nyack, Piermont, Nanuet, South Orangetown and Rockland County were at the scene.

The crash is under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Orangetown Police at 845-359-3700.