Susan McCormick, 56, dead after falling from pickup truck bed, getting run over in parking lot off of Glenn Wild Road in Rock Hill, NY
Modified Date:
Wed, 11/04/2015 - 11:14amAccident Date:
Tuesday, May 26, 2015SP Wurtsboro investigate fatal motor vehicle accident
On March 14, 2015, at approximately 1:20 p.m., State Police Wurtsboro responded to a reported fatal motor vehicle accident in the parking lot of the Citgo gas station on Glenn Wild Road in Rock Hill, NY.
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McCormick's husband is a Rock Hill firefighter, the Middletown Times-Herald reported. The fire department's Facebook page acknowledged "a tragic loss to our family" and asked for prayers for those involved.
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Pauline Liu of the Times Herald-Record talked to McCormick's husband of 23 years, a firefighter who was also at the parade, although he didn't witness the accident.
At approximately 1:20 p.m., State Police Wurtsboro responded to a reported fatal motor vehicle accident in the parking lot of the Citgo gas station on Glenn Wild Road in Rock Hill, NY. The investigation determined that Bjorn Egenes, 25, of Rock Hill, was operating a Ford pickup truck towing a backhoe when he slowed at the gas station to speak to a subject in the parking lot. Susan McCormick, 56, of Rock Hill, who was riding in the bed of the pickup truck, stood up facing forward with her legs against the tailgate of the truck. Egenes concluded his conversation and pulled forward resulting in McCormick losing her balance, falling backward over the tailgate onto the ground, being run over by the trailer, and dying at the scene.
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Type: Pedestrian Accident
People Involved:
Susan McCormick
Bjorn Egenes
Roadway:
Glenn Wild RoadCity:
Rock Hill, NYCounty:
Sullivan County, NYArea:
New York, NY
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