3 Killed After Car Speeds Past Dead End Sign, Plunges Into Newtown Creek In Long Island City

CBS New York

May 22, 2021

Three men are dead after their car plunged into Newtown Creek in Queens early Saturday morning.

Witnesses told CBS2’s Christina Fan the driver was speeding down Borden Avenue in Long Island City and the car appeared to accelerate as it barreled past a dead end sign and into the creek.

Witnesses said the car clipped a skateboard ramp at the end of the road, propelling it and those inside into the water below.

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