South Blooming Grove
A 22-year-old Chester woman was killed Tuesday night in a head-on crash
on Route 208.
According to police, Krystle Crescente was driving a Honda Accord
southbound on Route 208 a little before 9 p.m. when she collided with Brian
Powell, 34, of the Village of Florida, who was heading in the opposite
direction in a Mercedes-Benz.
Both Crescente and Powell were trapped in their vehicles and had to be
extricated before they were flown by separate helicopters to Westchester
Medical Center in Valhalla, police said. Crescente, who suffered injuries to
her liver, spleen, lungs and diaphragm and a fractured pelvis, was
pronounced dead a few hours later.
Powell is in stable condition and will undergo surgery on a fractured leg,
police said.
Crescente’s 4-year-old daughter was in the back seat of her car but was
uninjured.
The girl was taken to the Arden Hill campus of Orange Regional Medical Center
and was picked up by a family member.
The cause of the accident is under investigation. Anyone with information can call the
Blooming Grove police at 496-9161.