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I hate stories like this. 
Storm-related accidents claim lives
By: By KIM SMITH DEDAM
and JOE LoTEMPLIO
April 16, 2007
PLATTSBURGH - Two people died in car accidents during the mid-April
storm that hit the North Country with a mix of heavy snow, rain and
sleet.
Near Keeseville, a young mother was killed and her baby seriously
injured in a crash on the Northway Sunday night.
In Chazy, a Quebec woman died when she was thrown from the van she was
riding in as it flipped over on the Northway.
State Police in Plattsburgh said 27-year-old Sara Rosen of Maryland was
in a rear passenger seat of a 2007 Toyota minivan driven by her husband,
Dovid Rosen, when it skidded off the southbound lane of Interstate 87
near exit 34 and hit a tree.
The accident happened at about 5:15 p.m. in the Town of AuSable.
Two-month-old Malkah Rosen sustained severe head injuries in the crash,
according to police.
She was brought to CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh and then
transferred to Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington.
Mrs. Rosen had temporarily unbuckled herself and the baby, State Police
said.
The mother was breast-feeding the child, according to emergency
officials.
The accident was blamed on speed unsafe for conditions, police said, but
no tickets were issued.
Members of the AuSable Forks Ambulance squad sent two ambulances, and
another one came from Peru Ambulance Service, said Keeseville Emergency
Medical Technician Deb Winter, who attended to the infant.
The side door of the van was open when emergency personnel arrived.
"We believe the mother was partially ejected," Winter said.
Mr. Rosen sustained a cut above one eye but refused treatment.
Two other children in the van, ages 3 and 6, were brought to CVPH, where
they were treated and released, according to hospital spokeswoman Chris
Blake, who confirmed that the baby was transferred to Burlington.
Fletcher Allen did not have any information available about the infant's
condition Monday morning.
Driving conditions at the time were very poor, Winter said.
"It was a heavy, wet snow in below-freezing temperatures. Visibility was
difficult in the snow."
Multiple callers were able to report the accident from cell phones.
Service in the northern exits of I-87 is more reliable than in central
sections from exit 33 south to about Pottersville.
Winter said Mr. Rosen may have placed one of the calls.
"We were called by the dispatcher," she said.
An off-duty nurse and her husband were in one of the first cars to come
upon the accident and stopped to render assistance, Winter said.
The Rosen family are members of the Orthodox Jewish community and were
traveling south from Montreal.
The Hasidic ambulance service in Montreal came to recover Mrs. Rosen's
body.
The accident is the third in about nine years to result in the death of
either a mother or a child unbuckled from car-restraint systems to
breast-feed, Winter said.
Around 8:22 p.m., Jean Lafranc, 56, of Montreal, was driving a 2000 Ford
north on I-87 when he tried to pass another vehicle.
The vehicle went out of control, slid off the west side of the highway
and rolled over twice.
Passenger Jocelyne Toussaint, 57, of St. Rose, Quebec, was thrown from
the vehicle and killed.
She was pronounced dead by Clinton County Coroner David Donah, and her
body was taken to the CVPH Medical Center.
Another passenger, Raymonde Lorgis, 52, was also ejected. He suffered a
neck injury and was taken to CVPH, where he was listed in stable
condition Monday.
Police said Toussaint and Lorgis were not wearing seatbelts.
Five other passengers in the vehicle suffered neck, shoulder and back
injuries and were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Lafranc, the driver, was ticketed for speeding.
Oh that is terrible.. I was the mom sitting at the gas station, rest area or a random parking lot feeding my babies.. I didn't care if it took us longer to make the trip/drive.. Safety came first. That poor husband and kids.. maybe someone will learn from this..
Me too! I went to the Milwaukee Zoo, with my best friend and she nursed her baby, with the car zooming down the freeway. I thought it was dangerous and really thought it was odd that my friend and her husband apparently didn't. I wouldn't have minded waiting, while we stopped somewhere, for her to feed that baby!
(The baby is just finishing up her sophomore year of high school this year, so nothing did happen. I just didn't like it!)
How terrible. I also would pull into random parking lots and feed my babies. When my husband drove, I would take a breast pump with me and give the babies the milk in a bottle. You just have to do what you have to do to keep your babies safe. This is just too sad.
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