PNG officials at the UN office in New York have confirmed reports of the death of a Papua New Guinean woman in a road accident on Friday.
When contacted by LOOP PNG, one official said; “Yes. One of our officers is upstate now to verify. Our Washington DC guys coming tomorrow.”
The Daily Freeman reported the 57 yo woman died in a one-car crash into a rock embankment on the Taconic State Parkway.
It said; “about 9:50 p.m. Thursday, Nancy Sullivan was northbound on the Taconic when the 2016 Kia Sportage she was driving left the road and struck the embankment, police said.”
They said Sullivan was declared dead at the scene by the Dutchess County Medical Examiner.
Three children in the vehicle, ages 5, 8 and 10, also of Papua New Guinea, were airlifted to Westchester Medical Center, where two were listed in critical condition on Friday and one was listed as stable, police said.
A fifth person in the vehicle, Skudy Bangan, 43, of Papua New Guinea, was taken to MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The cause of the crash remained under investigation.