A devastating tragedy unfolded late Thursday night as R’ Eliyahu Fink Z”L, a 43-year-old father of 3 from Monsey, was struck and killed on the Garden State Parkway.
R’ Eliyahu Z”L was the son of Rabbi Aharon Fink, a respected longtime mohel and the dean of Ateres Bais Yaakov, which he founded 25 years ago.
According to New Jersey State Police, the fatal accident occurred just before 1 a.m. on the northbound lanes near milepost 146.5 in Essex County. Troopers arriving at the scene found R’ Eliyahu Z”L lying in the roadway, gravely injured and unresponsive. Despite immediate emergency response efforts, he was sadly pronounced at the scene.
Preliminary investigations suggest that R’ Eliyahu Z”L had been involved in a minor accident before the fatal collision. Sources tell YWN that he had exited his vehicle following a fender bender when he was struck by at least two oncoming vehicles. Both drivers remained at the scene and are cooperating with authorities as the investigation continues.
State police have yet to determine the precise circumstances leading to the incident. The highway was temporarily shut down as investigators worked through the night to piece together the details of the tragic event.
The levaya is set to take place on Sunday in Monsey. Further details will be published as they become available.
Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes.
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A number of years ago, my close relative was involved in a very serious accident also around 1 am.
Rav Shimshon Pinkus from Ofakim
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that major accident involving most of his family it also happened at night, maybe around 11:30 PM. He finished giving a
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in Bnei Brak late in the evening and then he headed home towards Ofakim.
So so sad! He was a good yid! Hashem picks out the best flowers..
May he be meilitz yosher for his family and may we be zoche to Techiyas HaMeisim very soon!
Bsuros Tovos!
BDE
Very important.
Never get out of your car on a major highway. Too many people get hit by oncoming speeding cars. Even if you have a fender bender it’s not worth give by up your life.
To Heshy:
I agree with you 100%.
Gut Voch
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When people are involved in an accident even a fender bender, they are a little bit upset and they are right now more focused on the damage then on the cars flying by at 70 miles per hour right next to them. When a guy is flying at 70 miles per hour or 75 on the Parkway (very dark road) and all of a sudden someone exits his vehicle, you need super powerful super human super quick reflexes to avoid hitting the guy and at the same time to avoid hitting another car side by side. Imagine the driver at this very moment happened to be in the middle of a conversation or had the music blasting.
At 1 AM. Thursday night it was pouring very heavily with almost no visibility. I was on my way from Jackson to Monsey.
I pulled over at rest stops twice because visibility was so low. I said tefilas hadererech multiple times that evening (without the final Bracha), and played a spotify playlist with tefilos the whole time.
I passed an accident on the SouthBound lanes of the Raritan River.
I remember saying – out loud –
“Hashem! This is dangerous! It’s NOT gishmei Beracha. There are so many travelers on the road – it’s dangerous!”
I am thanking Hashem one more time that l arrived at my destination safely.