4 CAR PILEUP ON I684 PUTNAM COUNTY NY, IN WHICH OUR VEHICLE WAS 3RD IN LINE, THIS IS HORRIBLE SECTION OF HIGHWAY WERE CONNECTICUT DRIVERS NEED TO MERGE TO THE FAR RIGHT LANE (3 LANE HWY) TO EXIT TOWARDS CONNECTICUT. AS THE TROOPER AND TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ME "THEY PULL VEHICLES OFF THAT SECTION EVERY DAY." THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN THE FAR LEFT LANE (PASSING) THE FIRST VEHICLE (CONNECTICUT LICENSE PLATES) SLAMMED BRAKES TO ATTEMPT TO MERGE TO THE CENTER LANE, 2ND VEHICLE IN LINE ALSO SLAMMED BRAKES TO ATTEMPT TO MISS CAR 1 AND CARS 3 (OUR VEHICLE ) SLAMS INTO CAR 2. THE VEHICLE BEHIND US 4TH IN LINE ALSO MADE CONTACT WITH US WITH VERY VERY LIGHT DAMAGE. VEHICLE 4 WAS THE ONLY VEHICLE THAT DIDN'T NEED TO BE TOWED FROM THE SCENE. OUR JEEP WAS ALMOST AS DIRECT AS A FRONT HIT AS YOU CAN GET JUST SLIGHT MORE TOWARDS THE PASSENGER SIDE. RADIATOR SUPPORT IS PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE ENGINE BLOCK, BOTH FRONT FENDERS BUCKLED INTO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS WHICH MADE THE FIRE DEPARTS HAVE TO PRY THE DRIVERS DOOR OPEN. WINDSHIELDS IS ALSO CRACKED UNTOP OF MUCH MORE DAMAGE, NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND MY FIANCE (THE DRIVER) WAS BROUGHT BY AMBULANCE TO THE ER AND SUFFERED A BROKEN NOSE BY THE IMPACT CAUSING HER TO SLAM FACE AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL , AND SOME OTHER BRUISES AND PAIN IN NECK AND BACK AREA. *TR