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New Haven County resident Jaydir Ramos Jacobo of Prospect, age 40, was killed on Thursday, Jan. 11 in a Putnam County crash on Danbury Road (Route 6) in Brewster near Dingle Ridge Road, according to New York State Police.
On the day of the crash around 6:45 a.m., a 2011 Toyota Rav4 driven by Jacobo had been speeding westbound before striking a 2020 Freight Liner with a trailer that had been turning left from the Croton Farms parking lot on the north shoulder to travel east on Danbury Road, authorities said.
The Rav4 and the trailer caught on fire after the impact. Jacobo was pronounced dead at the scene.
The tractor-trailer's driver, a 50-year-old Montgomery County man from Amsterdam, was not injured in the crash. The trailer had been carrying food products, according to the Brewster Fire Department.
The Putnam County Department of Emergency Services Hazardous Material Team also responded to the scene of the crash to clean up a fuel spill.
No criminal charges in connection to the crash have been announced. Check back to Daily Voice for more updates.
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