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Police ID North Jersey Man Killed In Palisades Parkway Crash
The battery of the Tesla he was driving had a thermal runaway reaction, said firefighters who struggled to extinguish the blaze.
NANUET, NY — New York State police have identified the driver who died on the Palisades Parkway Saturday in a single-car crash. SEE: Fatal Tesla Crash On The Parkway
Jyung Hahn was a resident of Cresskill, New Jersey.
The 46-year-old was driving a 2020 Tesla north on the Palisades Interstate Parkway near exit 10 when he lost control of the car, went off the highway on the west shoulder and struck a tree, police said. Weather was a contributing factor.
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The car was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, Nanuet fire officials said. They described the heart of the blaze as a "thermal runaway" reaction by the Tesla's lithium-ion battery.
Hahn was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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State police are asking anyone who may have been a witness to the crash or observed the white Tesla before the crash to contact Investigator Eric Haydt at the Haverstraw Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) at 845-364-9424.
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