the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Pearl River NY, Pascack Valley line once again hit by tragedy. This past Sunday two teen passengers inside a Porsche SUV died after the car burst into flames on NJ Transit’s Pascack Valley Line. A two-car collision sent a Porsche SUV plummeting off an overpass onto train tracks below, where it burst into flames, killing two teenagers and sending a third to a hospital with serious injuries.
Orangetown Police said the Porche crashed into a Volkswagen Jetta on Route 304 in Pearl River, located in Rockland County just over the state line with New Jersey, around 3:25 p.m. Sunday, going over the overpass and onto the tracks below, where it burst into flames.
The driver of the Porche, Aisha Radoncic, 17, of Orangeburg was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said according to the report. Her two passengers, Saniha Cekic, 15, of Brooklyn and Altin Nezaj, 17, of Pearl River were taken to hospitals where they were pronounced dead, according to police. The driver of the Jetta was not injured, police said.
Service on the Pascack Valley Line was suspended for several hours between Woodcliff Lake and Nanuet following the crash but service was restored in the early hours before the Monday morning commute .
The Pascack Valley Line runs from Spring Valley, New York to Hoboken. NJ Transit provides service under an agreement with Metro-North in New York.