PITTSTOWN, N.Y. — Authorities have released the names of the four Vermonters killed when their sport utility vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer hauling ice cream on an eastern New York road.
State police say 42-year-old Robin Martinez was driving the SUV driver. He died along with 40-year-old Juana Jimenez and two of her children, 13-year-old daughter Jasmil Jimenez and 10-year-old Cesar Jimenez. They all lived in Bennington.
Jimenez’ 15-year-old daughter and the truck driver suffered injuries that weren’t life-threatening.
Troopers say the SUV crossed into the truck’s path on Route 7 in rural Pittstown Sunday morning.
They say the family was returning from New York City, where Martinez arrived on an overnight flight from the Dominican Republic. Troopers say driver fatigue may have been a factor in the crash.