Parole Officer Anthony M. Libertone

Anthony M. Libertone

Parole Officer Anthony Libertone was killed when a tire broke off of an approaching garbage truck, bounced over a guardrail, and landed on his vehicle's roof.

He was driving on I-690, in the Syracuse area, en route to conduct a check on an offender at the time of the crash. He suffered massive head injuries and died approximately 35 minutes later.

The driver of the garbage truck was cited for several traffic violations as a result of the incident.

Officer Libertone was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and had served with the New York State Division of Parole for 30 years.