Tree falls on top of car, kills driver

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HARRISON – A 34-year-old Mount Vernon woman was killed when a tree fell on top of her 2009 Toyota Prius as she drove on I-95 between exit 18B at White Plains and exit 19 at Rye/Harrison at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 4.

State Police identified the victim as Susan Braga, who was traveling southbound when a tree fell on top of her car. The tree bounced off the roof and her car continued a short distance until it came to rest against a Ford F250.

The driver of the truck, Jonathan Bellemare, 36, of Kennebunk, Maine, was not injured.

The crash was reconstructed by the State Police Troop K Collision Reconstruction Unit and remains under investigation.




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