State Police investigate fatal crash on the Sprain Brook Parkway
NEW YORK STATE POLICE
Major Robin H. Benziger
Troop K Commander
PRESS RELEASE
Greenburgh, New York – On February 27, 2015, at approximately 3:52 a.m., the Hudson Valley Transportation Management Center received a report of a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of the Sprain Brook Parkway. Patrols from the Hawthorne barracks were immediately dispatched to investigate the incident.
At approximately 3:57 a.m., Troopers located a collision in the area of Mile Post Marker 6.2 that appeared to be the result of a wrong-way driver.
A preliminary investigation has revealed that a 2013 Honda Civic was traveling northbound in the southbound lane. As a result of the vehicle traveling in the wrong lane, the Civic subsequently struck a 2011 Honda Pilot head-on. The operator of the Civic was transported to Westchester County Medical Center where he is in a medically induced coma. The operator of the 2011 Pilot was killed as a result of the crash.
At this time, the names of the drivers are not be released pending family notification.
Anyone with information regarding this crash is asked to contact the State Police Hawthorne Bureau of Criminal Investigation by calling (914)769-2600.
