HARRIMAN — 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 on Feb. 28 at approximately 4:02 a.m.
When troopers arrived, a box truck and a black Honda were observed on the west shoulder of the 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 and anyone who may have witnessed the accident is asked to call SP Monroe BCI at 845-344-5300.
