Rockland Sheriff's Deputy Shot, Killed While Driving With Wife

State police are investigating the death of a Rockland County Sheriff's Deputy Tuesday on Route 6. He was found in a car with his wife, dead of a gunshot wound to the head.

At about 1:30 p.m., members of the New York State Police along with the State Park Police responded to a one car motor vehicle accident on State Route 6 (Long Mountain Parkway) in the Town of Woodbury.

Frank Farina, 42, of Stony Point, appeared to have suffered a single gun shot wound to the head, police said.

He had been driving.

The vehicle then crossed the double yellow center line, left the roadway, and struck a rock embankment. The passenger, Jennifer Farina, 42 also of Stony Point, was transported by ambulance and treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Frank Farina was also transported by ambulance to Orange Regional Medical Center and was pronounced deceased by the emergency room physician. Frank Farina was an off-duty Rockland County Sheriff Deputy (Corrections Division) at the time of the incident. The investigation remains ongoing, police said.