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Victims ID'd After Double-Fatal Wrong-Way Driver Crash In Dutchess County Victims ID'd After Double-Fatal Wrong-Way Driver Crash In Dutchess County
Victims ID'd After Double-Fatal Wrong-Way Driver Crash In Dutchess County Two men were killed during a wrong-way driver crash on the Taconic State Parkway in the Hudson Valley. The incident occurred in Dutchess County at 2:40 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15, in LaGrange. According to New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks, an initial investigation determined Joseph W. LaFave, age 35, of LaGrange, driving a 2017 BMW X1, traveled north in the southbound lane on the Taconic State Parkway in the area of Todd Hill Road.  Hicks said LaFave struck a 2017 Lincoln Navigator head-on in the left southbound lane. LaFave was pronounced dead on the scene by responding paramedics…

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by Kathy Reakes