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A Brooklyn teen was killed Sunday afternoon when he was thrown from the SUV he was driving on Glen Wild Road.

Yeshayohu Eckstein, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene, Fallsburg police Chief Simmie Williams said. An unidentified 19-year-old male passenger suffered minor injuries but was flown by helicopter to Westchester Medical Center as a precaution.

"From what the passenger told us, the driver fell asleep (at the wheel)," Williams said.

The crash occurred just after 4 p.m., just south of the entrance to the old Davos ski resort on a curved portion of Glen Wild Road. Eckstein was driving a Ford Explorer when the SUV rolled over several times before coming to rest in a wooded area a few feet from the roadway. Eckstein was thrown at least a hundred feet from the vehicle and landed on the roadway, Williams said, even though his seat belt was buckled.

Eckstein's passenger, who also was wearing a seat belt, was able to climb out of the SUV. He was talking and alert when emergency crews arrived.

Police aren't sure how fast the SUV was going; there were no skid marks on the roadway. Glen Wild Road was closed for at least three hours. Williams said the two teens were Hasidic Jews who were staying in the area for the summer.

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