PRESS RELEASE
On October 24, 2023, at approximately 6:20 p.m. troopers from the state police barracks in Montgomery and Middletown responded to a collision involving two tractor trailers and a passenger vehicle with entrapment on Interstate 84 eastbound in the town of Montgomery.

Preliminary investigation revealed that a tractor trailer operated by Brandon Collins, age 30 from Fayetteville, Texas struck the rear of a 2018 Chevrolet Malibu, operated by Janet Colon, age 30 from Monroe, New York pushing that vehicle into the rear of another tractor trailer, operated by Dennis L. Edner, age 55 from Owego, New York. All vehicles were traveling east at the time. Janet Colon was entrapped in her vehicle and was extracted by the town of Montgomery Fire/EMS/and Paramedics. She was flown by Medi-Vac to Westchester Medical Center in critical condition.

This incident is still under investigation.