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Fatal New York Car Crash Caused By Fatigued Driver

New York State Police believe that a deadly head-on crash that took place last week was probably caused by fatigue or even by falling asleep at the wheel.

According to the Times-Union, a man who was driving from JFK International airport to Vermont crashed in Pittstown, New York, at approximately five in the morning. The driver was killed in the NY car accident along with the front seat passenger and two of the woman’s three children who were in the car.

NY Police say that 42-year-old Robin C. Martine was driving on Route 7 in Pittstown when his car swerved across the double yellow line and into oncoming traffic. Martine was killed when the car slammed into a tractor-trailer. Also killed in the car accident were 40-year-old Juana Jimenez, 13-year-old Jasmil Jimenez, and 10-year-old Cesar Jimenez. The lone survivor from the SUV was 15-year-old Jennifer Jimenez who was extracted from the car by Pittstown Fire Department members. Juana and Jasmil Jiminez died by the time EMS arrived while Cesar died by the roadside. Martine died en route to an Albany hospital.

Rescue workers told reporters that extracting the family from the car was extremely difficult. The family is survived by a 19-year-old sibling who was not in the car at the time of the crash.

The driver of the big rig, 54-year-old John Miller, suffered minor injuries in the NY truck accident.

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