A 35-year-old lady and two of her youngsters, who had been taking a stroll, had been killed on Saturday afternoon in southern Brooklyn after two automobiles collided and one veered right into a crosswalk, the police mentioned.
The identities of the victims haven’t but been launched by the authorities, however throughout a information convention on Saturday, the police confirmed that the girl and two youngsters, ladies ages 6 and eight, had died within the quick aftermath of the collision. The lady’s 4-year-old son was injured within the accident and was transported to Maimonides Medical Heart in Borough Park in vital situation, the police mentioned.
A complete of 10 individuals, six of them youngsters, had been taken to close by hospitals after the collision.
Mayor Eric Adams, who spoke on the information convention, referred to as the occasion “a tragic, tragic accident of a Shakespearean proportion.”
“That is extraordinarily regarding and painful,” he mentioned. “A mom going for a easy stroll on a sunny day was struck and killed.”
In accordance with preliminary reviews from the authorities, the accident occurred simply after 1 p.m. when a silver Toyota Camry carrying two adults and three youngsters collided with a blue Audi A3 sedan on the intersection of Quentin Street and Ocean Parkway, on the border of the Gravesend and Midwood neighborhoods.
The 62-year-old man driving the Toyota was making an attempt to show proper onto Ocean Parkway and had simply changed into the intersection when his automotive’s again bumper was struck by the Audi. The affect of the collision pushed his automotive to the facet, whereas the Audi shot ahead, hanging the girl and her youngsters earlier than flipping over, the police mentioned.
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