2 Queens residents killed in I-95 crash in Westchester County 14%

By Victoria E. Freile3%

8/5/2026, 4:27:22 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Fundamental Attribution Error, Anchoring Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 31% saturation with 49 hits. Analysis detected 181 faulty-reasoning hits from 158 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 24.1% and a BS Rank of 14% (24,385 of 28,206 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 86.50% of the article peer group.

Two people standing outside their stopped vehicle on Interstate 95 in Westchester County were killed Sunday when they were struck by a tractor-trailer, according to New York State Police. 
Minor crash preceded fatal collision 
The fatal crash occurred around 8:30 p.m. 
Sunday, Aug. 2, on the southbound lanes of I-95 near mile marker 14.2 in Port Chester, State Police said. 
Kamla K. 
Singh, 72, and Andrew Sookdeo, 40, both of Richmond Hill, Queens, were standing outside their vehicle after a previous minor collision when they were struck by a tractor-trailer traveling in the right lane, according to troopers. 
Singh and Sookdeo were both pronounced dead at the scene. 
The crash occurred around dusk, about 20 minutes after sunset, according to timeanddate.com. 
Investigation continues 
The tractor-trailer driver remained at the scene and cooperated with State Police. 
No charges are expected at this time, troopers said. 
The investigation remains ongoing. 
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158 words analyzed.

Speakers

4speakers52%attributed speech76writer words
Selected voice

troopers

100%flagged-word coverage
9 attributed words11% of attributed speech92% writer coverage
0%7.5%15.0%Biased Writer Voice-13.2 ptsWriter: 13.2%troopers: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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