State Police from Hawthorne investigate one-car fatal Taconic State Parkway crash
NEW YORK STATE POLICE
Major Robert M. Nuzzo
Troop K Commander
Mount Pleasant, New York – On May 10, 2017, at approximately 12:03 a.m., the New York State Police from Hawthorne responded to a one-car fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred on the Taconic State Parkway by mile post marker 4.8.
A 2008 Audi A6, operated by 32-year-old Jason G. Shenkman of Mohegan Lake, New York, was traveling northbound on the Taconic State Parkway. Shenkman reportedly lost control of the Audi and entered the median where the vehicle struck several trees before coming to rest. A preliminary investigation indicates that speed was a contributing factor to the crash.
Shenkman was transported to Westchester Medical Center by Briarcliff Manor EMS where he was pronounced deceased. Shenkman’s cause of death is pending autopsy and toxicology.
