Crime & Safety
Wash Heights Crash Update: 2 Teens Dead, 3 More Critical: NYPD
Two teenage boys, 15 and 17, were killed in the Monday crash, while three more are in critical condition, NYPD said in a Tuesday update.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Two teenagers are dead and three more are in critical condition after the violent Washington Heights car crash on Monday, police revealed in an update on Tuesday.
A 16-year-old was driving a Hyundai Elantra with four other passengers on Audubon Avenue, when the car got hit by a Jeep Grand Cherokee operated by a 53-year-old man that was going west on West 179th Street, police said.
The impact stopped the Jeep, but caused the Elantra to lose control, smash into a parked car, and then flip over, police said.
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The 16-year-old driver was rushed to NYC Health + Hospitals, along with two 15-year-old boys in critical condition, police said.
A 17-year-old and a 15-year-old, both boys, were taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital where they were pronounced dead, police said.
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The 53-year-old driver of the Jeep was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, police added.
There have been no arrests, but multiple publications, including NBC New York, reported that the Hyundai Elantra was stolen around a month ago.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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