Elba community remembers Thruway crash victim

ELBA, N.Y. (WIVB)- A seat will be now empty at the New Covenant Church in Elba. A dear member of the congregation, 64 year old Edward Torres,  was killed during Tuesdays pileup on the Thruway.
“I didn’t believe it,” said Pastor Edward Brown Jr.
He and Torres were close friends for 25 years.
“It’s been really hard, there’s nothing easy about it,” he said.
NYS Police told News 4 Torres was traveling east on the Thruway, behind a tractor trailer.