Mourners of a woman who was driving the SUV that was hit by a suburban commuter train are making their final goodbyes.
Ellen Brody’s service is scheduled for 10:00AM Friday at Chabad of the Rivertowns in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
The 49-year-old mother of three was killed along with five others on Tuesday.
Investigators’ preliminary findings indicate the SUV was in the danger zone inside railroad crossing gates for about half a minute before the train crashed into it.
Brody got ahead of the crossing gate in inching traffic, then got out of her car to examine it after the gate came down and hit the back of it, a witness has said. But then she got back in and advanced onto the track, the witness said.
According to the JTA, Rabbi Benjy Silverman who is one of the Directors of the Chabad house told the JTA that Brody and her family “were very Jewishly proud, with strong connections to Israel,”
“It was an important part of her life and her family’s life.”
Brody’s family has been involved with the Chabad center since its inception 12 years ago, Silverman said. Brody’s three daughters, Danielle, Jules and Lexi, all went to the Chabad Hebrew school and had their bat mitzvahs there.
(AP)