Police ID North Jersey Man Killed In Palisades Parkway Crash

Nanuet NY

14 March, 2022

10:19 AM

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NANUET, NY — New York State police have identified the driver who died on the Palisades Parkway Saturday in a single-car crash. SEE: Fatal Tesla Crash On The Parkway Jyung Hahn was a resident of Cresskill, New Jersey. The 46-year-old was driving a 2020 Tesla north on the Palisades Interstate Parkway near exit 10 when he lost control of the car, went off the highway on the west shoulder and struck a tree, police said. Weather was a contributing factor. The car was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, Nanuet fire officials said. They described the heart of the blaze as a "thermal runaway" reaction by the Tesla's lithium-ion battery. Hahn was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. State police are asking anyone who may have been a witness to the crash or observed the white Tesla before the crash to contact Investigator Eric Haydt at the Haverstraw Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) at 845-364-9424.