Father Of 3 Killed When Tree Falls Onto Car In Chestnut Ridge: Report

By Cecilia Levine From Daily Voice

A 29-year-old man was killed on Sunday morning, Nov. 16, when a tree suddenly fell onto his moving vehicle in Rockland County, Monsey Scoop reports.

The crash happened near 445 South Pascack Road in Chestnut Ridge, where a tree “suddenly toppled onto a moving vehicle, causing the driver to lose control and crash," the outlet reported.

The National Weather Service had issued a wind advisory in Chestnut Ridge Sunday, where gusts were expected to reach up to 45 mph.

The driver, identified by Monsey Scoop as a father of three heading to Jewish learning, was initially found unconscious at the scene. Rockland Hatzoloh Paramedics transported him to Westchester Medical Center, where he later died, the outlet said.

Daily Voice has reached out to police for comment.

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