Edgemont Resident Ellen Brody Among Victims in Metro-North Tragedy

Ellen Brody, 49, an Edgemont resident has been identified as the driver of the SUV who was killed in the Metro-North tragedy in Mount Pleasant, NY.

According to the Journal news, Brody was a mother of three and worked at a jewelry design shop in Chappaqua. Friends of Brody that the Journal News spoke with described her as a wonderful and caring person adding that she was a great mom.

Brody and her husband Alan, a South African native, were a prominent Edgemont family, the NY Daily News reports. They were active in the Jewish organization, Chabad of the Rivertowns. The couple have two daughters and a son.

Brody was an alumna of the University of Albany, SUNY.

Brody’s co-worker Virginia Shasha told Eyewitness News whoever Brody encountered in life always left smiling.

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