{"id":4689,"date":"2018-10-08T11:36:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T07:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=4689"},"modified":"2018-10-08T11:36:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T07:36:34","slug":"limousine-crash-kills-20-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2018\/10\/08\/limousine-crash-kills-20-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Limousine crash kills 20 in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A limousine carrying several couples to a birthday party failed to stop at an intersection in upstate New York and struck a parked vehicle, killing 20 people in the deadliest transportation accident in the United States in nearly a decade, according to authorities and a family member.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The 2001 Ford Excursion limo was traveling southwest on State Route 30 when it didn’t stop at the intersection with State Route 30 A and collided with an SUV in the parking lot shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday in Schoharie, New York State Police First Deputy Superintendent Chris Fiore said.<\/div>\n
All 18 people in the limo were killed, including the driver, Fiore said Sunday. Two pedestrians near the unoccupied, parked 2015 Toyota Highlander were also killed, he said.<\/div>\n
Valerie Abeling told CNN her niece, Erin Vertucci and Erin’s husband Shane McGowan, who were married in June, were among the victims in the limo.<\/div>\n
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“My family is just going through a lot,” Abeling said. “It’s a horrible tragedy and there’s no words to describe how we feel.”<\/div>\n
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Authorities are still notifying the families of victims and declined to release the victims’ names, according to Fiore<\/div>\n
A\u00a0National Transportation Safety Board\u00a0team arrived Sunday to investigate. The team expects to remain on the scene for about five days, NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt said.<\/div>\n
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“Twenty fatalities, it’s just horrific,” Sumwalt said. “I’ve been on the board for 12 years and this is one of the biggest losses of life … that we’ve seen in a long, long time.\u00a0Colgan Air\u00a0up at Buffalo killed 40 people, 50 people, but this is the most deadly transportation accident in this country since February of 2009.”<\/div>\n
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The crash happened outside an Apple Barrel Country Store & Cafe. Nearby resident Bridey Finnagen said the crash was loud enough to hear from down the road.<\/div>\n
“I heard a loud bang. I came out my front door to see what was going on,” Finnagen told\u00a0CNN affiliate WTEN.<\/div>\n
“I saw a lot of people here at the Apple Barrel out in the parking lot. Then I heard screaming. Then I saw this large van, a very unusual looking vehicle, out here in Schoharie in the bushes and really wrecked, hit a tree.”<\/div>\n
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo praised the first responders who “worked through the night to help.”<\/div>\n
“I join all New Yorkers in mourning these deaths and share in the unspeakable sorrow experienced by their families and loved ones during this extremely difficult time.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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CNN<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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