Anthony Apostolico, 48, killed, two others seriously hurt when tree falls on car driving on Palisades Parkway in Stony Point, New York
Police: 1 dead, 2 injured after tree falls on pickup truck on Palisades Parkway
Police say a tree fell onto a pickup trip as it was driving northbound near Exit 16 in Stony Point around 4 p.m. Sunday, and killed one person and injured two others. The tree sliced right through the truck with three people inside.
1 dead, 2 hospitalized from tree falling on New York parkway
The front seat passenger was killed and the driver and rear passenger were hospitalized, the report said.
Police identify victims in fatal Palisades Parkway crash
Anthony Apostolico, 48, was a front seat passenger in a pickup truck traveling northbound when a large tree fell from the shoulder of the road and struck the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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