While the highway is back open, the investigation is ongoing. The crash shut down that portion of the highway for nearly eight hours while state police investigated. Of the two dogs in Thurston’s truck, one died at the scene and a second ran off, police said. The 34-year-old Kinney's Towing driver was uninjured, and the driver of the last car hit sustained minor injuries and was transported to St. A third person in that car, an unidentified person from Syracuse, is in stable condition at St. So, maybe its Lester Diamond, maybe its just an anonymous friend or Ginger that just exists so we can have the scene. One of his passengers, Mark Murray, 34 of Syracuse, also died of his injuries. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Utica, said state police in a statement. The driver of the disabled car, Carlton McRae, 33 of Newport News, Virginia, later died from his injuries at St.
Thurston sustained minor injuries and his passenger sustained serious, but non-life threatening injuries. Thurston then turned back into traffic, crashing into a third car. The chain-reaction crash started when the driver of a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado, Travis Thurston, 29 of Canastota, veered onto the right shoulder, hitting into a disabled car and a tow truck, police said. A four-car crash late Wednesday night on the New York State Thruway Westbound between Exits 32 and 33 killed two people and injured four others, according to state police.