Police: Wrong-way driver kills 2 on Taconic State Parkway, injures 1

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A wrong-way crash on the Taconic State Parkway Tuesday afternoon resulted in the deaths of two drivers. State police say 35-year-old Joseph LaFave, of LaGrange, was driving a BMW north in the southbound lane around 2:30 p.m. near Todd Hill Road. LaFave's vehicle collided head-on with a Lincoln Navigator driven by 69-year-old William Scheibel, of Wading River. LaFave was pronounced deceased at the scene, while Scheibel died at a hospital. A 67-year-old female passenger in the Lincoln suffered injuries not considered life-threatening. The investigation is ongoing. "