Traffic & Transit
Driver Killed In Crash ID'd As 69-Year-Old Hudson Valley Man
The Ford he was driving veered off the road, sideswiped trees, and entered a driveway on Peenpack Trail, where it hit an unoccupied car.
DEERPARK, NY — Authorities have identified the man killed in a single-vehicle crash in Orange County.
The New York State Police say that on Wednesday, around 9:25 a.m., troopers out of the Greenville barracks in Orange County, responded to a crash on Peenpack Trail, in the town of Deerpark.
Investigators say a 2007 Ford was traveling east on Peenpack Trail when the driver, now identified as 69-year-old Robert S. Jahn, of Sparrowbush, veered to the right off the roadway, sideswiped several trees, and entered a driveway on Peenpack Trail.
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The Ford then sideswiped an unoccupied 2023 Chevrolet and a trailer before coming to a rest on an embankment.
Jahn was extricated from the vehicle and taken to Garnet Health in Middletown, where he later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
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The investigation is ongoing. Anyone who may have witnessed the collision is being asked to contact the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation at Greenville at 845-344-5300.
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