Sunday, July 26, 2009

Police: 8 killed in highway crash outside New York

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A three-vehicle crash north of New York killed eight people, including four children, state police said on Sunday.

A fifth child is being treated for injuries suffered in the crash near Pleasantville, about 30 miles north of New York. Police initially reported no survivors.

The crash happened when a minivan carrying the five children and one adult was heading the wrong way on a northbound lane of the Taconic State Parkway, police said. It crashed head-on into an SUV carrying three adults.

The minivan then careened into a third vehicle before rolling over and bursting into flames, state police said.

The two adults in the third vehicle were being treated for minor injuries, police said.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/26/new.york.fatal.crash/index.html?eref=rss_us

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