Fatal Crash Involved Yeshiva Students, Off-Duty Peekskill Cop

A fatal crash on Route 202 in Suffern Wednesday night involved an off-duty cop and two yeshiva students, according to news reports.

Marcos Tawil, 17, was killed and David Maldanado, 19, was injured, according to ABC7.com. They were pedestrians who just happened to be standing on Route 202 in Suffern when a two-car collision took place.

ABC7 quoted the Ramapo Police Department's preliminary reconstruction of the accident:

A Honda driven east on Route 202 at 11:50 p.m. by 19-year-old Tzvi Hakakian, 19, of Monsey apparently slowed down, possibly to turn left into a driveway. The Lexus behind it, driven by Jonathan Mosquera, 24, of Suffern, apparently tried to go around it on the left. They sideswiped each other, and the Lexus veered across the road and hit the two teens standing near the edge of the driveway.

Tawil, from Argentina, and Maldanado, from Mexico, were students at Yeshivat Tiferet Torah in Suffern, according to JP Updates. Maldanado is in stable condition at Westchester Medical Center. The Jewish news website said police sources told them Mosquera may have been traveling at a very high speed.

Mosquera is a Peekskill police officer, according to News12.

Ramapo police closed 202 for several hours as part of their investigation. It was reopened Thursday morning.

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