Greenburgh, NY – 4 Die When Car Jumps Guardrail, Catches Fire In NY

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    Police and firefighters work at the scene of a multi-fatal accident on the northbound Sprain Brook Parkway in Greenbugh, N.Y. on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. Police said the car hit the Underhill Road Bridge and burst into flames killing all four occupants early Sunday morning. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)Greenburgh, NY – Four young people were killed on a highway north of New York City when their car drifted from the road, traveled 100 yards on a grassy shoulder then slammed into a bridge abutment and caught fire.

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    State Police Investigator Joseph Becerra said the accident occurred about 5:20 a.m. Sunday on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Greenburgh, about 20 miles north of New York City. The cause was not yet known.

    He said the rental Volkswagen Golf burst into flames after veering off the road and slamming into a bridge abutment by an overpass.

    Police identified the victims as the driver, 19-year-old Bruno Vaccarezza of Cos Cob, Conn.; 19-year-old Fernanda Gomez and 18-year-old Juliana Restrepo, both of Port Chester, N.Y.; and 20-year-old Vincent Mendoza of Norwalk, Conn.

    Emergency personnel work at the scene of a multi-fatal accident on the northbound Sprain Brook Parkway in Greenbugh, N.Y. on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. Police said the car hit the Underhill Road Bridge and burst into flames killing all four occupants early Sunday morning. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)


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    10 years ago

    By the names, it is unlikely these were yiddeshe bochurim heading home for yom tov but the families of the niftar are still grieving. When we read of such a tragedy we should all be reminded that hashem controls all notwithstanding our careful planning.

    Chuna
    Chuna
    10 years ago

    Shkoiach shoiteh. Is your comment really necessary?

    WiseDude
    WiseDude
    10 years ago

    So, let me get this straight. A terrible tragedy occurs, innocents are killed, and I am supposed to say, “OK, that’s proof that God is running the world.”? In my opinion, the tragedy proves nothing. If we accept on faith that God is running the world, including every detail of everything that happens, then I don’t need a senseless horrible tragedy to remind me that God is running the world. Every time there is a tragedy, people post on this site that this shows that God is running the world, as if they have some kind of super connection to God. It is a smug and pointless comment that someone always makes whenever there is a tragedy and I think it is a very unpleasant way to be religious to think this way.

    concerned_Jew
    concerned_Jew
    10 years ago

    You know what this proves to me? That cars are more dangerous than guns.