Brooklyn, NY – A 61 year old Flatbush resident was killed on the southbound lanes of Interstate 380 outside Scranton, Pennsylvania this past Friday after his car was rear ended by a tractor trailer.
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Mordechai (Melvin) Kwassman was on his way back to Brooklyn after picking up his 20 year old son Ethan from college for a weekend at home.
Kwassman had slowed his 1997 Geo Prizm after noticing an accident ahead in his lane of traffic when the tractor trailer, driven by a 37 year old Ontario man, slammed into his car at approximately 3:35 AM.
Mordechai Kwassman was pronounced dead at the scene, while Ethan Kwassman, a broadcast journalism major at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, was taken to Community Medical Center in Scranton. Ethan was listed in stable condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit as of Sunday and the public is asked to daven for a refuah sheleima for Eitan ben Sara.
Mordechai was a member of Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush under Rabbi Yaakov Shulman . The levaya was held today and the niftar was buried at the Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing.
Eitan Ben Sara should have a speedy and complete refuah. Hashem should give you the strength to overcome whatever difficulties you will have ahead of you.
Nebech, B’DE
the poor boy keeps asking, wheres my dad. they havnt told him he was niftar. kuddos to the family who are helping them out- hosting his family and more.
BD”E – So sad.
BDE. What a sad situation.
Thank you to the chabad from his university for taking such care for him
Hashem should bless them that they assist their students for simchas and not c”v the opposite
please note the correct name is EITAN BEN CHAYA SARA !—-syracuse, shlucha!
BDE. I’ve driven on interstate highways in a number of states, and I’ve noticed that tractor trailers seem to feel that they own the road. Statistically, in my state, a study showed that trucks were at fault for the majority of collisions between trucks and cars. Many of these truck drivers drive past the maximum hours that they are permitted to drive. As a result, they become fatigued, and are more likely to cause accidents.