A 49-car wreck near the Baltimore-Howard county line due to slippery roads early Sunday morning claimed the life of one of Staten Island’s renowned Jewish leaders.
Rabbi Dovid Winiarz was on his way to the Association for Jewish Outreach Professionals convention in Hunt Valley, Maryland when the accident occurred at 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning near the intersection of Route 23 and High Point Road in Harford County, Maryland.
State Highway Administration officials blamed an unexpected band of freezing rain. In a statement, SHA said “trucks are applying salt and continue to assist local law enforcement and emergency services. While temperatures are expected to rise above freezing, travelers are reminded to remain alert throughout the afternoon, especially when driving along ramps, bridges and overpasses that tend to freeze first and in low lying areas that tend to flood.”
Rabbi Winiarz was one of four people on their way to the AJOP convention. He was seated in the back seat of the vehicle. The other victims were transported to a local hospital in stable condition.
Calling himself “Facebuker Rebbe,” Rabbi Winiarz posted the following two posts on Facebook last night:
“I will be travelling Motzei Shabbos/Saturday nite with the encouragement of my wife and children to a convention in Baltimore …….. If I am delayed in replying to message… please bear with me,” he wrote in the first post.
The last post – attached with a video – reads, “Before I leave on my road trip I came to learn Torah with my son and his friend…”
Rabbi Dovid Winiarz was on his way to the Association for Jewish Outreach Professionals convention in Hunt Valley, Maryland when the accident occurred at 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning near the intersection of Route 23 and High Point Road in Harford County, Maryland.
State Highway Administration officials blamed an unexpected band of freezing rain. In a statement, SHA said “trucks are applying salt and continue to assist local law enforcement and emergency services. While temperatures are expected to rise above freezing, travelers are reminded to remain alert throughout the afternoon, especially when driving along ramps, bridges and overpasses that tend to freeze first and in low lying areas that tend to flood.”
Rabbi Winiarz was one of four people on their way to the AJOP convention. He was seated in the back seat of the vehicle. The other victims were transported to a local hospital in stable condition.
Calling himself “Facebuker Rebbe,” Rabbi Winiarz posted the following two posts on Facebook last night:
“I will be travelling Motzei Shabbos/Saturday nite with the encouragement of my wife and children to a convention in Baltimore …….. If I am delayed in replying to message… please bear with me,” he wrote in the first post.
The last post – attached with a video – reads, “Before I leave on my road trip I came to learn Torah with my son and his friend…”
