Stolen Car Chase Ends in Fatal Belt Parkway Crash

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Earlier this morning, around 1:30AM, police were chasing a stolen car in Brooklyn, at 93rd Street and 4th Avenue, but the 1997 Nissan slipped away, heading onto the Belt Parkway. The cops later found it on the Parkway at 65th Street, after it had crashed into a car carrying four people, killing one.

The stolen car had "rammed into the back" of the other car. The three other passengers, including a pregnant woman, were injured, while the two men in the stolen Nissan were also injured. The charges against the two car thieves, who have extensive criminal records, are pending.

The Belt Parkway was closed for the police investigation, reopening at 6AM.

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holy crap! that looks like an awful accident. i hope those thieves get extra time for killing some innocent dude & almost hurting that pregnant woman.

Doesn't Kar Kulture bring out the best in folks? Thievery, destruction and death: 40,000 dead each year in our country due to auto-related activity.

Stealing other people's cars isnt really [i]car[/1] culture...

Stealing other people's cars isn't really [i]car[/i] culture...

It's all part of the same package.

The automobile is an inherently dangerous instrument and everyone in the chain, from car manufacturuers to end user, should be held to the highest scrutiny and the strictest standards of liability.

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