A few years ago I remember reading about something similar happening near Orlando. Again a whole family wiped out. That time the explanation made sense, it was late at night and the family had just flown in from the UK. Driving on the opposite side of the road for the first time is a very difficult thing. Last time we were in the UK a friend insisted on picking us up at Heathrow rather than having us pick up a car and drive just after a long flight. In this case there wasn’t that circumstance. Honestly I can’t imagine getting on the Taconic going the wrong way. I assume more details of this will come out but I’m curious how far they got on the parkway before the accident. Not only did the woman make an inexcusable driving error but the man, who I assume was in the passenger seat, wasn’t alert enough to let her know the situation. I believe that it happened in the middle of the afternoon. They lived on Long Island maybe about 90 minutes from where the accident occurred. Relatives in the area? Heading home from a family gathering? Texting? We’ll see, this is a big story in NY so the details will probably come out. All in all very tragic, maybe even more so because it was so preventable.
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