HUGUENOT – State Police on Wednesday confirmed that a four-car crash on Interstate 84 eastbound in Huguenot Tuesday evening was crashed by a wrong way driver.
Troopers said the preliminary investigation found that Francis Taillard, 67, of Montague, New Jersey was driving a 2017 GMC Sierra when he entered the highway driving west in the eastbound lanes. He struck a Dodge Durango head-on and then struck a Jeep Grand Cherokee, causing the Sierra to strike a Lexus ands roll over coming to rest on its side in both lanes.
Taillard was extricated from his vehicle and transported to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla via medivac. His condition was not immediately known.
The driver of the Durango, Donald Kluge, 67, of Pleasantville, and the driver of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, identified as Valerie Roman, 37, of the Town of Warwick, ere transported to Garnet Health Medical Center with minor injuries.
The driver of the Lexus, identified as Rohitkumar Patel, 75, of Ardsley was not injured.
The investigation is ongoing.
