UPDATE: Victims In Route 22 Crash ID'd

UPDATE 2PM WEDNESDAY: The victims of yesterday’s crash involving a pickup truck and a Verizon utility truck on New York Route 22 near Brewster have been identified.

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office identified the man driving the pickup truck as David H. Mossman, 23, of Dingle Ridge Road in Southeast.

Mossman was transported by helicopter to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla and admitted with multiple injuries described as serious. The Sheriff’s Office has no further information on his condition at this time.

The driver of the Verizon truck was Joseph J. Politi, 49, of Orchard Drive in Poughquag. The passenger in that truck was Giuseppe Assenza, 48, of Glenwood Road in Poughkeepsie. Politi and Assenza were taken by ambulance to Danbury Hospital with what appeared to be minor injuries, police said. No further information is available on whether they were admitted or their conditions.

Route 22 was closed to traffic for about six hours as the wrecked vehicles were cleared and investigators examined the scene to determine the cause of the crash. The investigation is continuing.

BREWSTER, NY — The head-on crash on New York Route 22 Tuesday sent three men to the hospital, one with very serious injuries who was airlifted by helicopter. The crash, which involved a northbound pickup truck and a southbound Verizon utility truck occurred at about 7:50 a.m. near the intersection of Route 22 and June Road about a mile south of the Village of Brewster.

According to preliminary reports from sheriff’s deputies at the scene, the crash apparently happened when the northbound pickup truck crossed over the center line and into the path of the southbound Verizon truck, which was occupied by two workmen. The vehicles collided head-on, with the force of the impact causing the Verizon truck to roll down an embankment on the southbound shoulder of the road. The heavily demolished pickup truck came to rest on the northbound shoulder.

A passing motorist came upon the crash and telephoned 911. Sheriff’s deputies and state troopers responded to the scene.

The driver of the pickup was pinned in the wreckage, and volunteer firefighters from the Brewster Fire Department and Croton Falls Fire Department needed about 40 minutes to extricate him using the Jaws of Life. The victim, who had multiple serious injuries, was still conscious when rescuers placed him in the helicopter for a flight to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.

The two men in the Verizon truck had what appeared to be minor injuries. They were given first aid by members of the Brewster Ambulance Corps, Croton Falls Ambulance Corps and an ALS Paramedic and were taken by ambulance to Danbury Hospital for further evaluation.

Route 22 was closed for several hours as investigators worked to determine the cause of the crash.

PHOTO via Brewster Fire Department on Facebook