Mourners Remember Jordan Wachtell at Shaarei Tikvah

Hundreds of mourners lined Fox Meadow Road in Scarsdale on Monday February 3 to attend the funeral of Jordan Wachtell, age 57 of Ardsley at Shaarei Tikvah. Wachtell and 17 year-old Eric Goldberg, also from Ardsley, were killed in a head on collision on Interstate 287 on Thursday night January 30, 2020.

According to police, an Amawalk man drove his 2006 Jeep onto Interstate 287 at exit 10 at Westchester Avenue and Route 120 at 8:30 pm that night. He drove 2 ½ miles in the wrong direction before he had a head on collision with Wachtell’s 2018 BMW 330 east of exit 9A, between Harrison and White Plains.

Wachtell was killed at the scene and Eric Goldberg died en route to Westchester Medical Center. Wachtell’s son Preston and another 17 year-old student survived.

The driver of the Jeep has not been charged.

Jordan Wachtell is survived by his wife Mary, son Preston and daughter Skylar.