Passenger dies of injuries from post-party crash

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Milford man thrown from a car during an early-morning crash following a late-night party across the Hudson has died of his injuries, CLIFFVIEWPILOT.COM has learned.

Jerry DeMarco

09/24/2009 8:49 p.m.

Johnathan Wheatley, who was sitting in the back seat, underwent surgery for serious internal injuries he suffered after landing between the highway divider and a guardrail during the the Sept. 5 crash on Route 4. He was pronounced dead at 12:44 p.m. at Hackensack University Medical Center.

Investigators have yet to confirm 19-year-old driver Amelia Sankar’s account that a black sedan smashed into her Nissan Sentra, flinging it into the guardrail and the divider, and kept going. They are also awaiting the results of a blood-alcohol test she was given after telling police she had some beer at a party the group of five attended in Queens.

Johnathan Wheatley

For more, go to: Two thrown from car in post-party crash

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