TOWN OF SOUTHEAST – A passenger in a vehicle that was struck from behind on Interstate 84 near exit 20 in Southeast has died from his injuries. David Patton, 65, of Danbury, Connecticut died after being transported to Westchester Medical Center following the Monday afternoon crash.
Three other people in that vehicle, including the driver, were injured.
Police said that around 12:42 p.m. a car driven by Nancy Scott, 64, of Carmel, was westbound on I-84 when she failed to see that the vehicles in front of her were slowing down for traffic. She struck the rear of the car in which Patton was a passenger. That vehicle struck another, triggering the chain reaction crash involving five vehicles.
