Police probe fatal Thruway crash that killed 2 in Ramapo - The Journal News | LoHud.com
The driver of a mattress box truck, 33-year-old Rambaran Hemankumar, and his passenger, 20-year-old Juan Soto, both of Queens, were killed in the crash, which occurred shortly before 10 a. m. , state police said. The two were traveling in the northbound right lane of the Thruway and cut across two lanes, hitting another box truck and a pickup truck before crossing the guardrail into oncoming traffic, where they were hit by a tractor-trailer near Exit 14B,... Hemankumar was cut out of the truck and taken in extremely critical condition to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Police said the drivers of the pickup truck and second box truck were not injured. One of the pickup truck’s three passengers, a 12-year-old, was being treated at the Suffern hospital, but would likely be released before the end of the day. Police closed the Thruway between Exits 15 and 14B. The closure left numerous cars and trucks stuck behind the accident while police investigated the scene. It wasn’t until around 2:30 p. m. that police began to allow those drivers stuck behind the crash to turn around, head north in the southbound lanes and get off the Thruway at Exit 15. While northbound lanes were open during the evening commute,... Source: www.lohud.com
