Fuel spill causes 16-mile backup on New York Thruway

A fuel spill on the New York State Thruway in Orange County caused a 16-mile backup on Monday afternoon.

The 80-gallon spill resulted from a tractor-trailer accident at 4:19 p.m. on Interstate 87 between Harriman and Sloatsburg, about 45 minutes north of New York City.

All southbound lanes and one northbound lane were closed until 7:40 p.m.

The accident occurred when 42-year-old Maria Astadjov of Quebec swerved to avoid debris while traveling northbound on the Thruway, said Trooper Manuel Rodriguez.

A van and tractor-trailer traveling behind her swerved to avoid a collision, sending the tractor-trailer through the median and into the southbound side of the highway.

The driver of the tractor-trailer, 54-year-old Thomas A. Spagnola of Hagaman, was taken to Samaritan Hospital in Suffern for minor back and neck injuries.

No charges have been filed, Rodriguez said.

NJ Turnpike Closed After Tractor Trailer Accident

A flatbed tractor trailer, carrying twin 12,000 pound spools of rolled steel, jackknifed in the northbound lanes near Exit 7A in Bordentown, dumping its cargo onto the roadbed.

Turnpike authorities says the roadway was damaged and engineering crews are still en route to the scene.

The cause of the accident is not known but all lanes of the Turnpike are closed northbound at exit 7A.

Traffic is being diverted off the northbound Turnpike and drivers should expect massive rubber necking delays southbound as well.

Exit 7A takes traffic to Great Adventure and other shore points so the impact of this accident and road closing will be significant.

There is 13 mile delay going north and a 16 mile delay going south, good luck getting to the country (if you are not already there).

Hasidic teacher from NYC killed in upstate crash

A father of six is dead and his wife remains in critical condition in Westchester Medical Center after their minivan crashed head on with another vehicle Sunday night en route to their son’s bar mitzvah.

Peisach Goldberg, 45, of Brooklyn, was killed and his wife, Toba, was flown from the scene. Goldberg’s funeral was held yesterday in Borough Park before hundreds of friends and family.

The couple’s minivan crashed head on with a Ford Explorer around 8:45 p.m. on Thompsonville Road near the Raleigh Hotel.

Four daughters and two sons, ranging in age from 2 to 16, sustained injuries. The 16-year-old was admitted to hospital with a hip injury, according to authorities.

The driver of the Ford, James Krueger of Pine Bush, his wife and 10-year-old twin sons were also injured, but not seriously.

The accident happened on a straight section of the road. Both cars left skid marks.

“We are still trying to determine the reason (for the accident),” Lt. John Calvello of Fallsburg police said.

Goldberg was a well-known biblical teacher in the Hasidic community, said Rabbi Bernard Freilich, the state police’s special assistant to the superintendent.

“He was a scholar; he was a teacher, a great guy,” Freilich said.

It seems that the driver of the minivan swerved trying to avoid a kid on a bike, then hitting the large SUV head on.

big accident on the 17

The 17 is the main road that everyone takes to go up to the country it goes to CGI NY and Monticello and most of the other bungalow colonies.

Everyone going up to the country now is sitting in a massive parking lot, the traffic backed up onto the NY State Thruway.

NYS Thruway radio reported that there has been a serious accident that is causing all this.

At one point during the wait a whole group of cars with lights and sirens came rushing by on the shoulder, they looked like out local Hatzala volunteers, who rushed up and guided traffic to alternative routes.

Hit And Run

The black guy in middle of the picture, hit a bachur and drove off. However as he circled the block, fellow bachurim charged the driver, pulling him out of the car, and held him down for the cops, who arrived a half hour later.

The guy was drunk, and he hit a pedestrian, then left the scene of the accident, only to be followed by another motorist and then he passed the scene one more time to see the damage he incurred.

Only then to be assaulted by a crowd of vigilantes who pulled him from his car as he tried to flee yet once more.

The bochur who got hit was taken to the hospital sustains leg injuries, and the driver was taken to the 71st precinct in handcuffs.

1 Pedestrian Killed In horrible car pileup

A woman was killed when a mini-school bus jumped the curb and pinned the woman against a building in Brooklyn. Five others were injured in the accident, which involved the school bus and two other vehicles.

The accident occurred right across the street from the Ocean Ave. Hatzalah garage. Dozens of Flatbush Hatzalah members responded to the call.

Police say the accident which was on Ocean Avenue and Avenue N, occurred when a minivan hit a woman who was crossing the street while the light was against her. She was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries.

A mini school bus rear-ended an SUV that was slowing down for the accident, and another car hit the school bus — pushing it onto the curb. When the school bus jumped the curb it hit another woman on the sidewalk, pinning her against a building. That woman died at the scene.

Police say four people were taken to Maimonides Hospital, and the bus driver was taken to Kings County Hospital. They are all listed in stable condition.

Although reports indicate that their was only one fatality, witness’s reported seeing at least four bodies R”L covered by white sheets from the medical examiner.

car accident on motzei shabbos

At approximately 9:20pm, Motzei shabbos, a van driven by a jewish family was driving down Albany when another chinese person in his car ran a red light on Union St. the driver of the van lost control and tried to swerve to miss the car and turned his wheel causing the van to spin around and end up hitting the side of a building on Union St. and coming to rest there. The passengers included a husband and wife. Hatzalah responded to the scene immediately and was able to transport the driver while the other patient was taken by FDNY to the hospital.

Later on at 12:36/1:36 Rabbi Lieder called one of his members to go down and make sure they were being treated and B”H both patients were being treated very well and were released from hospital with only bruising at 1:45/2:45 depending on what time you were holding

More pictures in the extended article.