Brian Tortora, a native of Yonkers who was living in New York City, was killed on Saturday, June 21, in a wrong-way wreck involving two tractor-trailers on Interstate 87 in Clarkstown, as Daily Voice previously reported.
Tortora was driving a 2024 Subaru WRX north in the southbound lanes around 3 a.m. when he struck two tractor-trailers near Exit 12, according to New York State Police. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.
A former Yonkers resident, Tortora attended Family School 32, Yonkers Middle School, and graduated from Saunders Trade & Technical High School with a focus in carpentry. He went on to earn his Master of Education from St. Thomas Aquinas College before beginning a deeply rewarding career in education, according to his obituary…