While making the trip back to New York & Lakewood from Toronto following Pesach, three Frum families were all hospitalized after being involved in a serious collision.
Sources tell YWN that a dump-truck overturned on Interstate 90 Eastbound near exit 43 at approximately 5:00AM. At least 2 private vehicles were involved in the serious collision. (One vehicle was carrying 2 families, & the other was carrying one large family.)
One of the victims realized that there was no Hatzolah in the area, and following a call to 911, contacted Misaskim’s 24hr hotline for assistance.
Misaskim along with Special Assistant to the Superintendent of the NYSP Rabbi Bernard Freilich made many phone calls to the NYSP, the local hospitals, Toronto Hatzolah, numerous family members in Lakewood & Flatbush (NYC) were contacted, and a local Chabad Rabbi in Rochester, NY was mobilized.
As of this posting, a total of 17 people (from the three families) were taken to three different hospitals. 3 were frown by Medevac to a Level 1 trauma center. One infant is currently in emergency surgery. Boruch Hashem, it appears that everyone is in stable condition.
Further details will be posted as they become available to us.
(Yehuda Drudgestein – YWN)
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This post brings tears to my eyes, exactly 18 1/2 years ago my family was in a car accident on the Thruway near Syracuse. we spent some time in the hospital too. Refuah Sheleimah, a quick and easy one, to everyone.
Please daven for nachman yehudah ben sarah rochel and meir yisroel ben sara rochel
We should only hear of simcha’s!
please daven for Asher Betzalel ben Blima and Yosef Yechezkel ben Miriam Rivka Sara. i believe they are scheduled for surgery later today.
may all the injured be blessed with a refuah sheleima bekarov
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Refuah Shelayma!!
whether we know them or not, say Tehillim, even just one perek, the power of Tehillim is sooo strong
Seventeen people were injured, two critically, and traffic was stopped on the New York State Thruway for more than three hours today when two vehicles crashed into a truck bed lying in the eastbound lanes near Manchester, Ontario County.
State Police said a dump truck operated by John Hoey, 49, of Oswego, was traveling eastbound about 4:30 a.m. when the box of the truck lifted and struck the County Route 7 overpass at mile marker 337. The box detached from the truck and landed in the road, while the truck continued a short way and came to rest in the median of the Thruway.
It’s unclear why the box of the dump lifted and whether it was a mechanical or operator error, said State Police Sgt. Robin Urbaniak of the Thruway barracks in Syracuse.
A few minutes later, in the early morning darkness, a 2004 Chevrolet passenger van operated by Max Itzkowitz, 47, of Brooklyn, came along, attempted to avoid the box, but instead side-swiped metal box.
Two adults, including Itzkowitx, and eight children were inside the Chevrolet. Two of the children were airlifted to Strong Memorial Hospital. The others were transported by ambulance to several Rochester area hospitals.
Shortly after that collision, a second vehicle, operated Yosef Compton, 31, of Springfield, New Jersey, also struck the box.
Compton’s 2003 Chevrolet Suburban was occupied by three adults, including Compton, and four children. They were taken to several Rochester area hospitals for treatment.
The nature and severity of the injuries was unknown, though at least two passengers’ injuries were considered serious.
The eastbound lanes of the Thruway were closed between exits 43 (Manchester) and 42 (Geneva) for more than three hours and the County Route 7 bridge was also closed while crews assessed the damage. Lanes reopened about 12:15 p.m.
No tickets have been issued, though the
Please, please say Tehillim. I just came home from Toronto to NY a few hours ago. Luckily we didn’t go the same way, but only because Hashem didn’t allow it. We started driving home but a big fog enshrouded the whole car and we couldn’t see. My father was driving above the speed limit and we got pulled over. Then, the cop said my father cannot drive because his license was suspended since 2008. My father was completely unaware of this. The cop said it may be a mistake but as of now he cannot drive, and my mother doesn’t drive at night, so we were forced to stay over night in the Niagara area, and not continue our journey. Baruch Hashem this happened, or else we may have ended up like this, Chas Vi’Sholom, as well! Say Tehillim!
number 9 I really think that you are a borderline genious. 99% of people know when their license is suspended. If you read the notices that you get in the mail then you would know. Either way what does this have to do with not being on the Thruway at that time. Its not like this truck went out of control for 200 miles and killed everyone in its path. We thank Hashem every day that we are alive, but being caught with a suspended license is in my eyes a chillul Hashem. As far as I know NY State could put a driver with a suspended license in prison overnight. Thank Hashem that this didnt happen to you.