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Police believe drag racing caused a spectacular crash on Francis Lewis Boulevard that left two teens and 11-year-old boy hospitalized. Two cars, a BMW and a Lexus, were seen speeding around 11 p.m. last night when they knocked into each other, sending the BMW spinning into a parked van. Witness Peter Boudouvas tells CBS 2, "I saw one car bump the car on the left, took 2 or 3 spins, van moved 30 feet up. I jumped out, called 911 and asked nobody to move." According to ABC 7, police had to cut down a tree to get through to the wreckage. Another witness says the BMW was "doing 60 to 70 mph...Things like this happen all the time." The 18-year-old driver of the BMW and two male passengers, ages 18 and 11, were rushed to Booth Memorial Hospital in Queens. The 11-year-old is in critical condition, and the 16-year-old driver of the Lexus walked away with minor injuries. He was given a breathalyzer test (it came back negative) and is being questioned by police, but he's already in violation of the law for driving without a licensed adult in the car.

The Nassau County Highway Patrol saw a number of cars street-racing on the Long Island Expressway at speeds of over 100 mph, "weaving across several lanes of traffic," according to Newsday. The police chased the drivers, and when they pulled them over, one of the drivers--Anil Isaac of Queens-- had the vanity license plate "HEYOFFCR"! Isaac, along with brothers Ziad and Riad Mohamed and Rajesh Prashaud, were arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and reckless driving. They apparently claimed they had been drag racing on Route 231; their cars, a BMW, Nissan, and Infiniti were impounded.

Police are still looking for men who abandoned a BMW in Queens after a fatal crash that left a 5-year-old dead. The accident occurred in the section Jamaica, at 109th Avenue and 164th Place.