4 victims killed in Palisades Interstate Parkway were NYC residents
The 4 van passengers who died in a horrific rollover crash in New Jersey Friday morning have been recognized as New York Metropolis residents, in response to authorities.
It was additionally revealed by police later Friday that George Massey, 54, the motive force of the van which was carrying warehouse employees again to the Large Apple, might have suffered a medical episode forward of the wreck on Palisades Interstate Parkway.
Massey, of the Bronx, and three passengers — Clara Estrella, 49 of Manhattan, Candida Frias, 59, of Manhattan and Jose Luis Romero Munoz, 59, of the Bronx — had been all killed within the crash, in response to Palisades Interstate Parkway Police.
Eight different passengers contained in the Ford Econoline E350 survived the 1:30 a.m. accident in Englewood Cliffs, officers mentioned
The van was heading towards the George Washington Bridge when it flipped over and landed within the heart median, in response to police.
Employees from the Amscan Warehouse within the Orange County city of Chester, New York, had been being transported within the automobile, cops mentioned. Surviving passengers instructed police they believed Massey misplaced management whereas present process a medical disaster.
5 of the crash survivors had been transported to Hackensack College Medical Heart, one to Jersey Metropolis Medical Heart, one to Holy Identify Medical Heart in Teaneck and one other to Englewood Well being, for accidents that ranged from bruises to extreme head trauma, police mentioned.
