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Woman Fights For Friend's Healthcare Following Fatal Route 17 Crash Woman Fights For Friend's Healthcare Following Fatal Route 17 Crash
Woman Fights For Friend's Healthcare Following Fatal Route 17 Crash The last thing Michelle Rodriguez remembers before waking up days later in a hospital bed was flying out of her boyfriend's truck on Route 17 in Chester. The first thing she remembers is asking for him. But 27-year-old Steve Dauksza died moments after landing only 100 feet from his girlfriend, after his truck hit another car on the highway, sending him and Rodriguez off the highway, flipping down into an embankment and killing him on impact. The nightmare only continued to worsen for Rodriguez, a Congers native like her late boyfriend, who was comatose until April 3 with two collapsed lung…

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by Cecilia Levine