Police: Wrong-way crash kills 2 in Orange County

State police say the crash occurred just before 2 a.m. in the town of Chester, near Exit 126 for Routes 17M and 94.

Katerina Belales

Mar 5, 2025, 5:28 PM

Updated 5 hr ago

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State police have released the names of the two victims in Wednesday morning’s head-on collision in Orange County.
It happened just before 2 a.m. on Route 17 westbound near Exit 126 in the Village of Chester.
Preliminary investigation indicated a Nissan, driven by 25-year-old Sydnie Haines, of Blackwood, New Jersey, was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes.
Police say the car collided head on with a Honda.
The driver, 54-year-old Mordichy Zafir, of Kiamesha Lake, was killed.
A 17-year-old passenger, also from Kiamesha Lake, was seriously injured and taken to Garnet Medical Center in Middletown.