The name has been released for Tehillim of the critically injured victim in the devastating head-on collision that occurred shortly before 1:00 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Orange and Rockland Road and Route 208 in Kiryas Joel.

The victim has been identified as Meir Pinchas ben Hadas Esther, a chosson from Yerushalayim and a talmid of Yeshivas Oryasa, who remains in critical condition at Westchester Medical Center after suffering severe injuries in the crash.

As previously reported by YWN, the accident prompted a massive emergency response involving Kiryas Joel Hatzolah, Monroe Fire Department, Monroe EMS, Monroe Police, New York State Police, and two medical helicopters.

Meir Pinchas was reportedly traveling as a passenger in a taxi when it was involved in the violent head-on collision. Hatzolah volunteers provided lifesaving treatment at the scene before he was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center, where he remains sedated and on a ventilator.

The chosson is scheduled to get married during the upcoming month of Av. Family members, friends, and fellow yeshiva bochurim are fervently davening for his recovery.

The tzibbur is urged to be mispallel for Meir Pinchas ben Hadas Esther among the cholei Yisroel.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the New York State Police.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)