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Monday, June 21, 2004

Four teens injured in two-car accident

Four teenagers were hurt around lunchtime yesterday in a two-vehicle accident on Route 306 in Monsey. The most seriously injured was 16-year-old Simcha Davis of Chicago, the driver of a 1994 Plymouth Voyager, who was transported unconscious by helicopter to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. His three passengers — Benjamin Kiss, 16, Eli Neumann, 17, and Yosef Jozefovic, 16, all of Monsey - were taken to Rockland's two hospitals. Gerard Chiarella, 37, of Congers, the driver of the white 2003 International box truck involved in the accident, refused treatment at the scene. Ramapo police Sgt. Daniel Hyman said the accident, which happened at 12:40 p.m., was still being investigated late yesterday. Hyman said the four boys, apparently students at a yeshiva in the area, were traveling on Parker Boulevard and were crossing or turning onto Route 306 when their car was hit by Chiarella, heading south on the state road. Police said they were still investigating what direction the Voyager was traveling. "The minivan wound up landing between two trees, so it was a pretty bad accident," Hyman said. "We're checking into whether the boys stopped at the stop sign coming from Parker. We're not sure if they were hit while they were going through the intersection." With a stop sign on Parker, Hyman said, the southbound truck would have had the right of way. "We did a commercial vehicle inspection on the truck and asked Clarkstown for a level one inspection as well," Hyman said, referring to a more in-depth review of the truck's brake lines and other mechanics. "There were no violations." No tickets had been issued as of yesterday. Hatzolah Ambulance had three ambulances at the scene and Ramapo Valley Ambulance had one. Rockland Paramedics and the Hillcrest Fire Department also responded. Hyman said he didn't know what the truck was carrying, but that it was not considered to be a hazardous material. He said neither of the vehicles had caught fire. Kiss was transported to Nyack Hospital, the other two injured passengers were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, Hyman said. Kiss seemed to be the most seriously injured of the three. The weather and roads were dry at the time of the accident, Hyman said, and traffic was moderate. There was heavy damage to the driver's side of the Voyager, he said.Charleya pulled his truck off to the side of Route 306 after the two vehicles collided. The state road was closed in that area until about 4pooh., and police directed traffic to side roads around the accident scene.

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