Transportation
A Deadly Expressway in the Middle of an Olmsted Park
After the death of a child on the Scajaquada, or New York Route 198, Buffalo locals are demanding changes.
“A walk in the park.” It’s a cliché of peacefulness and ease. But for the family of 3-year-old Maksym Sugorovskiy, a walk in Delaware Park in Buffalo turned into a nightmare that will never end.
On a pleasant spring day, a driver traveling on the Scajaquada Expressway—a high-speed four-lane thoroughfare that slices through this majestic and popular green haven at the heart of the city—veered off the road. He smashed into Maksym, his mother, and his 5-year-old sister as they walked away from the little girl’s soccer game. Maksym was killed. His sister was critically injured. The driver told police he had fallen asleep at the wheel. The crash is still under investigation.