About 10:15 a.m., November 14, 2007, a three-pound rock fell off the rear of a truck in Old Brookville. It bounced through the windshield a car traveling in the opposite direction and killed a passenger in the front seat. Reviewing some contradictory narratives in the press, it seems that the accident occurred on Cedar Swamp Road (NY 107) between Chicken Valley Road and Glen Head Road, a distance of perhaps 1 km. One newsday.com story is here. The New York Times brief report by Bruce Lambert seems more accurate as to location, but the two newspapers (Newsday and the Times) present the vehicles’ directions differently, although it is agreed that they were traveling in opposite directions. As of November 15, the truck had not been found.
