Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Ridgewood Man Who Died in Upstate New York Car Crash Identified

Police are still determining how George Swan drifted off the road and into a parked tractor trailer on Sunday.

A Ridgewood man died after his car struck a tractor trailer parked on a small pull-off road in rural Walton, New York, according to a news release from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.

Ridgewood police identified George Swan, 53, as the man Delaware County sheriff's officials said drifted off a curve on State Road 206 and struck an unoccupied tractor trailer parked at an adjacent pull-off Sunday at around 4:30 p.m.

Swan was prounced dead at the scene by the county medical examiner. Authorities are continuing to investigate how the accident occurred, according to the news release.

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He leaves behind his wife and high school sweetheart, Kathy; his four children, Shauna, Kacey, Brennan, Tanner, and son-in-law Eddie Brooks.

Calling hours at Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood will be conducted Tuesday from 5 to 9 p.m., according to his death notice.

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The funeral will be held Wednesday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Chuch at 10:45 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Maroon Council at Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, New York, 13346 in memory of George Swan.

This report was last updated at 4:03 p.m. Monday.


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