ROCHESTERāS Horrific Start: Tragic Car Explosion Claims Three Lives on New Yearās Day
ā The dawn of 2024 was tainted with a grisly incident in Rochester, New York. A Ford Expedition, laden with gas canisters, collided with a Mitsubishi Outlander, resulting in the death of three individuals and injuring several others.
The fatal accident occurred at 12:50 a.m. on January 1st near the iconic Kodak Theater. The driver of the Ford was identified as Michael Avery, a Syracuse resident aged 35 years. He later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
Averyās family revealed to investigators that he might have been grappling with undiagnosed mental health issues. The collision ignited an intense fire that took firefighters an hour to subdue.
The Outlanderās two occupants met their untimely end at the scene while Avery breathed his last later in hospital care.