Monsey, NY – Fire department responded to a 15 passenger van that crashed into a building at 424 Saddle River Road and Long Meadow Drive pinning a female pedestrian.
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Chanie Walfish, 57, was leaving Ivy Palace Day Spa and Nails at 424 Saddle River Road about 7:10 p.m. when a Ford van hopped the curb and struck her, police said.
The Ramapo Valley Ambulance Corps rushed Walfish to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, where she was later r”l pronounced dead.
“She was in traumatic arrest,” said Raymond Florida, executive director of Rockland Paramedic Services, which also responded to the crash. “When medics arrived, she had no pulse. They were unsuccessful at resuscitating her.”
Ramapo Police Sgt. Robert Lancia said Walfish had to be removed from beneath the van when responders arrived, but that she was not pinned.
“She was beneath the van,” Lancia said, adding that it took about five responders to move the vehicle. “We put the van in neutral and pushed it off of her.”
The driver of the van, Gum Ju Sim, 43, of Flushing, N.Y. was uninjured in the crash.
Ju Sim had not been ticketed.
Ramapo police, Ramapo Valley Ambulance Corps and Rockland Paramedic Services were assisted at the scene by the Monsey Fire Department and Hatzolah Ambulance Corps, Misaskim and Chesed Shell Emes on the scene.
BD”E
Why don’t mention that Hatzalah responded?
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Another family plunged into untold grief and unimaginable pain. If we really would for a second put our heart to this – and all the other tragedies and to reall feel what these families go through, I’m sure that our reaction to these tragic stories would be far more to what is expected of us.
Nebach, a school teacher from Yeshiva Darcei Noam, Mrs Chani Walfish AH.
there are no words
I know the RVAC EMT who took the call. He is a nice Jewish boy and heartbroken.
Hamokom Yenachem Kohl Hamishpacha
why wasn’t the driver ticketed? At the very least, he was negligent.
BDE
Years ago, someone involved in a vehicular homicide would be immediately arrested. Today, someone can kill someone else with a motor vehicle, and walk away scott free, claiming that “they had medical issues, they blanked out, the car didn’t respond to their controls”, etc.
What a tragedy Burich Dyan Emes..
Horrible Tragedy BD”E
What is her husband’s name? People may know him and want to attend the levaya at Rabbi Kokis’s shul in Monsey at 11 am.
No information to explain why the accident happened. What did the driver say? Accidents happen but usually have some kind of explanation when something as weird and tragic as this happens.
#21 – Her husband is Feivy; Children are Frimi, Yitty, & Ari. BDE
To #15 -Binderdunkat- I’m afraid that you don’t know what you are talking about! Of course, I was incensed by the teen in Flatbush, who was texting and driving, whose car killed an Asian man on his motor scooter. It doesn’t make any difference whether the driver is frum, irreligious, agnostic, gentile, citizen, non-citizen, etc. You seem to feel that because someone is in a motor vehicle accident, that they don’t bear any criminal responsibility, where a serious injury or a fatality results. It doesn’t work that way; there are accident reconstruction teams in most police departments. Based upon their investigation, if they conclude that the accident was caused by recklessness, speeding, or distracted driving, the DA’s office has the option to file criminal charges. A driver’s license is not a right, but a privilege, which unfortunately, is abused by many people.
ok listen what happen is the most sadst thing in the world ok i am best best friends with one of her kids ok and we have been friends for years and i got to know her mother to for years she is the most nicest lady ever ok please lets not fight who got there first ok lets not for mrs.walfish and her family and kids all just have in mind god works in his ways ok and all so everyone who ever witch ever team helped and got there fisrt does not matter ok they all worked in a team to try and save her life she was so sweet loveing careing and always wanted to help pleople so everyone please stop fighting ok all be nice and do mizvoshs in her meorey ok all be nice
1.The MOST important things are:
a. what can be done for the bereft family sitting shiva who are without a wife/mother? (shiva call, donations of food, money, etc.)
b. what can be done kovod the niftar? (tehillim, learning, tzedakah)
c. How can the family move own (the father care for all the children) once time has passed and the community has “forgotten” about the immediate tragedy and gotten busy with other affairs? No doubt, the husband father, is now the sole provider, caretaker, etc.
d. Tragically, whether Jew or Gentile, inadvertently left a person niftar; Hashem is watching how our community is caring for its brethren – perhaps a small mitzvah could bring Moshiach on a global scale, or help the Walfish family on a local scale.
We just finished a parsha recently detailing Yosef’s love for his brothers despite his personal suffering and injustice.