Associated Press
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Authorities say an off-duty New York Police Department detective has been killed when a vehicle traveling the wrong way hit his SUV head-on.
State police identified the detective as 46-year-old Paul Duncan, of Hartsdale. He was assigned to the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau.
The crash occurred at around 4 a.m. Friday on a parkway in Greenburgh.
State police say a Honda Civic traveling north in the parkway’s southbound lanes crashed into Duncan’s Honda Pilot.
The other driver was identified by police as 20-year-old Efren Moreano, of Yonkers. He was hospitalized in stable condition.
Police are investigating how the vehicle ended up going the wrong way.
The crash backed up rush-hour traffic along the busy thoroughfare.
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