State Police Investigating Fatal Crash on I-87 in the town of Woo...

On November 13, 2024, at approximately 12:30 p.m., a 2020 Nissan van was traveling northbound on Interstate 87 at MPM 50.9 when it rear-ended a bobtail 2016 Freightliner tractor that was slowed in the right lane of traffic. The slow traffic was caused by an approaching work zone for line stripping. The collision pushed the tractor-trailer forward and into the rear of a 1997 Freightliner tractor-trailer.

The operator of the van was pronounced deceased at the scene. The identity of the driver is not being released until the next of kin can be notified.

The operator of the 2016 Freightliner, Adam C. Rice, age 51, from Brick, New Jersey, was transported to St. Luke's Hospital - Newburgh by New Windsor EMS for non-life-threatening injuries.

The operator of the 1997 Freightliner, Jeffrey W. Clark, age 66, from Lecanto, Florida, was not injured in the crash.

The investigation is continuing.