Police say a driver was killed early Thursday morning when he crashed an SUV into the Byram River between Port Chester and Greenwich, Conn. LisaRoznerTV has the latest.
-- Police say a driver was killed after an SUV crashed into the Byram River early Thursday morning.
A 36-year-old passenger in the vehicle survived and told police the driver, identified as 31-year-old Juan-Garcia Suschite, was still in the water. CBS New York has learned the SUV was traveling at a high rate of speed and came to the end of Purdy Avenue at around 2 a.m. According to someone who viewed surveillance video, the driver did not brake, hit a rock at the end of the road, and launched through the fence and into the river.Divers tried to save the driver and passenger.
"Initially, looking at the video, they were traveling at a high rate of speed. They hit the rocks that are right behind us and the rocks took them airborne," Port Chester Police Chief Chris Rosabella said."When they recovered the vehicle it was upside down and it was actually settled into the mud at the bottom of the river up to about the door handles."
The Port Chester Fire Department had backup from Purchase, as well as Greenwich and Stamford fire departments in Connecticut.The accident is under investigation.
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