A couple and their teenage daughter were killed in a horrific Tesla crash while driving home from a music festival, leaving their son without a family.
David Dryerman, 54, was driving his Tesla Model S with his wife Michele and 17-year-old daughter Brooke on the Garden State Parkway Saturday night when he left the road and struck a guardrail and a concrete barrier.
The trio, who live in a $1 million home in Woodcliff Lake, were killed at the scene.
The close-knit family was on their way home from the See. Hear. Now. Festival in New Jersey at the time of the tragedy.
David Dryerman, 54, was driving his Tesla Model S on the Garden State Parkway with his wife Michele and 17-year-old daughter Brooke Saturday night when it veered off the road and struck a guardrail and a concrete barrier. Son Max, far left, was not in the car and is the only surviving member of the family
Teenager Brooke Dryerman died in the tragedy
According to State Police Sergeant Charles Marchan, the Tesla struck a sign, then a guardrail and finally crashed into a nearby concrete bridge pillar. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
The couple also have an older son, 19-year-old Max, who was not in the car at the time.
Max has since had a GoFundMe appeal to support his return to college. That appeal had raised more than $117,000 as of Wednesday morning.
Woodcliff Lake Mayor Carlos Rendo ordered the flags lowered following the tragedy.
The family is driving home from the See. Hear. Now Festival in New Jersey, pictured
The couple leaves behind an older son, 19-year-old Max, who was not in the car at the time
“I have only just received word of this terrible tragedy,” he said.
“I am in shock. Please keep the family in your prayers.”
The family was an important member of the Jewish community and the Valley Chabad Jewish Center hosted a memorial service for them on Sunday evening.
“We are all in shock and so much pain today,” Rabbi Yosef Orenstein told the crowd of about 150 mourners, the Pascack press reported.
“A terrible accident took the lives of our beloved parents, David and Michele, and their daughter Brooke, a dear friend to many of our teens.”