Crime & Safety
Thruway Collision Leaves Rockland Woman, 76, Dead
Wrong-way driver slams into another motorist Tuesday night.
A 76-year-old Rockland woman was killed in a two-car, head-on crash on the New York State Thruway in Sloatsburg Tuesday night, state police told Patch.
The accident occurred at about 8 p.m., when a motorist driving the wrong way slammed into another vehicle. The wrong-way driver was injured, and his passenger -- the 76-year-old Monsey resident -- was killed.
The driver of the other car was injured, as well, authorities said.
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Police Wednesday identified the fatality as Madeline Lapides, according to reports on LoHud.com by Alex Taylor. Lapides was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her husband, 81-year-old Alvin Lapides, entered the Thruway in the wrong direction in Nanuet and drive nearly 10 miles before the deadly crash.
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Alvin Lapides was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the second car was not injured.
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