Police identify victim in fatal Thruway crash

<p>Troopers on Monday identified the victim as 24-year-old Eric Luzardo, of the Elmhurst section of Queens.</p><p>...</p>

News 12 Staff

Oct 17, 2017, 1:04 PM

Updated 2,382 days ago

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State police have released the name of a New York City man who was killed in a two-car accident on the Thruway in the Hudson Valley over the weekend.
Troopers say they responded around 9:30 p.m. Saturday to reports of a serious crash in the northbound lanes of Interstate 87 just south of Exit 16 in the Orange County town of Woodbury.
Troopers on Monday identified the victim as 24-year-old Eric Luzardo, of the Elmhurst section of Queens. Police say he was a passenger in one of the vehicles. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
No other details have been released. Troopers say the cause of the accident remains under investigation.
AP wires were used in this report


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