Town of Orleans, NY – A minivan carrying a Canadian Jewish family rolled over on Interstate 81 Sunday night, injuring one of the nine occupants seriously enough for authorities to airlift him to a Syracuse hospital, state police said.
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The vehicle was traveling north before 10:18 p.m. when a deer crossed in front of it about nine miles south of the Alexandria Bay exit, troopers said. When the driver swerved to avoid the deer, the vehicle crossed over the passing lane and into the median, rolling over several times.
The woman driving the van and seven child passengers were taken to Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown for treatment of what state police described as minor injuries.
The other adult in the car, a male, was flown to Upstate University Hospital with head and possible internal injuries, troopers said.
please say tehillim for yehuda pinchas ben asna. he is in surgery now.
thank you
This is Rabbi Yehuda Simes from Ottawa, a well-known and respected educator. Please say Tehillim for Yehuda Pinchas ben Asna. Thank you.
A Refuah Shleima to all of them.
9 passengers in a mini-van? Which Model can leagally have in them 9 passengers?
As a professional driver (ie millions of miles) i have unfortunately made contact with Deer many times, especially upstate on the way back from niagara falls early in the morning, that’s why i am not a fan of small cars, to swerve is more dangerous than a collision straight on. ( Unless you’re driving a sub compact) the worst part is when some swerve to avoid small animals, endangering humans in the car
Oy , the summer is starting. We need a lot of zechusim on the roads!
yehuda pinchas ben ASNAT
Can you please update us on his condition?
Please note his mother’s name is Osna, not Osnat
Tehillim tonight at Bet Tikvah Synagogue in Ottawa please let others know
June 21 – Please take a moment to daven for HaRav Yehuda Pinchas ben Asna, a
father of 7, who has neck & spinal cord injuries from a car accident. The next 48 hours are critical. As posted by the rebbitizen in Rochester. We should hear good news.
B”h, the surgery was successful. He is currently in critical but stable condition. Please continue to daven.
Refuah Shleimah !
yeshuas hashem kaheref ayin
When you see a deer “frozen in the headlights” of your car in the middle of the road or at the side of the road, honk & honk & honk the horn; apply the brakes to slow down, but do NOT slam on the brakes. In our experience, honking the horn wakes up the deer and it runs back into the woods.
Please daven for them, who cares the van size and maybe they legally had everyone buckled in a mini van – this is why we have tzaros, mind your own business.