The truck, driven by 57-year-old Robert Eggelton, could not brake in time and rammed the rear of Chapin's blue 1975 Volkswagen Rabbit at 55 mph, rupturing the fuel tank as it climbed up and over the back of the car, which burst into flames. He swerved left, then to the right again, ending up directly in the path of a tractor-trailer truck. He then slowed to about 15 miles (24 km) per hour and veered into the center lane, nearly colliding with another car. Near exit 40W in Jericho, he put on his emergency flashers, presumably because of either a mechanical or medical problem. On the afternoon of July 16, 1981, Chapin was driving westbound in the left lane on the Long Island Expressway at about 65 mph (105 km/h) on the way to perform at a free concert scheduled for later that evening at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York.
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