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07:54, 08-Oct-2018
20 people killed in limo crash in New York
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20 people were killed in a limo crash in New York, local police confirmed on Sunday.
The accident occurred shortly before 2 p.m. on Saturday, when a limousine crashed into a parked car.
The site of the devastating accident has long worried locals, according to a manager of the store at the intersection where the accident happened.
People place flowers at the scene where 20 people died as the result of a limousine crashing into a parked and unoccupied SUV at an intersection in the US state of New York, October 7, 2018. /AP Photo
People place flowers at the scene where 20 people died as the result of a limousine crashing into a parked and unoccupied SUV at an intersection in the US state of New York, October 7, 2018. /AP Photo
The intersection had been redone in 2008 because of a fatal accident there, said Jessica Kirby, managing director of the Apple Barrel Country Store and Cafe.
Since the reconstruction, three tractor-trailers have run through the same stop sign that authorities said the limo blew and into a field behind her business, she said. Officials worked with the state to outlaw heavy trucks, she said, but there are still accidents.
"More accidents than I can count," she said in an email. "We have been asking for something to be done for years."
A limousine has landed in the woods following a fatal crash in the US state of New York on October 6, 2018. /AP Photo
A limousine has landed in the woods following a fatal crash in the US state of New York on October 6, 2018. /AP Photo
Governor Andrew Cuomo released a statement Sunday saying he has "directed state agencies to provide every resource necessary to aid in this investigation and determine what led to this tragedy."
Autopsies were being performed, and authorities didn't say whether the limo occupants were wearing seat belts nor did they give the speed of the limo.
Debris scatters an area at the site of the crash, October 7, 2018. /AP Photo
Debris scatters an area at the site of the crash, October 7, 2018. /AP Photo
Relatives said the limousine was carrying four sisters and their friends to a 30th birthday celebration for the youngest.
The crash appeared to be the deadliest land-vehicle accident in the US since a bus ferrying nursing home patients away from Hurricane Rita caught fire in Texas 2005, killing 23.
(Cover photo: Distraught family members take in the scene one day after an accident that left 20 people dead on October 7, 2018. /VCG Photo)
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Source(s): AP