Posted on: March 01, 2025 04:45 PM

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State Police investigating a fatal accident in the village of Harriman

On February 28, 2025, at approximately 4:02 a.m., State Police were called to State Route 17 in the village of Harriman for a report of a two-vehicle fatal accident involving a box truck.

When Troopers arrived a box truck and a black Honda were observed on the west shoulder of roadway.

An investigation determined that the box truck, driven by Mohammed Abdulla, 23, of Richmond, Virginia, was traveling northbound on Route 17 when he entered the southbound lanes, striking a Honda, driven by Edwin A. Ottenwalder Nunez, 37, of Middletown, causing a head on collision.

Ottenwalder Nunez died at the scene.

The investigation is ongoing.

From NYSP