Leroy N. Soetoro
2018-10-09 19:55:03 UTC
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ntsb-probes-fatal-crash-involving-limo-
multiple-deaths-143025082.html
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) A relaxed weekend afternoon turned into chaos at an
upstate New York spot popular with tourists taking in the fall foliage
when a crash involving a limousine left 20 people dead, officials said
Sunday.
A person with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press
that 18 of the victims in Saturday afternoon's crash at the Apple Barrel
Country Store were in the limo and two were bystanders. The person was not
authorized to discuss the preliminary information publicly and spoke
Sunday on the condition of anonymity.
Local officials told the Times Union of Albany that a limo speeding down a
hill hit bystanders at the store in Schoharie, about 170 miles (270
kilometers) north of New York City.
The crash "sounded like an explosion," said Linda Riley, of nearby
Schenectady, who was on a shopping trip with her sisters and had been in
their parked car at the time at the store, which sits near a T-junction of
two New York state highways.
When she got out of her vehicle, she saw a body on the ground and broken
tree branches everywhere, she said. People started screaming.
State police confirmed the death toll and said the crash involved two
vehicles.
Customers in the parking lot were killed when they were hit by the limo
coming down a hill on state Route 30 at "probably over 60 mph," the store
manager, Jessica Kirby, told The New York Times .
In a Facebook post on Saturday, the store thanked emergency responders for
their actions. The store posted Sunday that it was open "and could use
your hugs."
Authorities didn't release names of victims or other specifics, but state
police set up a hotline for family members. The National Transportation
Safety Board is investigating.
An afternoon news conference is planned.
There was no information Sunday on the limousine or its integrity. But
safety issues on such vehicles have arisen before, most notably after a
wreck on Long Island in July 2015 in which four women on a winery tour
were killed.
They were in a Lincoln Town Car that had been cut apart and rebuilt in a
stretch configuration to accommodate more passengers. The limousine was
trying to make a U-turn and was struck by a pickup.
A grand jury found that vehicles converted into stretch limousines often
don't have safety measures including side-impact air bags, reinforced
rollover protection bars and accessible emergency exits. That grand jury
called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to assemble a task force on limousine
safety.
Limousines built in factories are already required to meet stringent
safety regulations, but when cars are converted into limos, safety
features are sometimes removed, leading to gaps in safety protocols, the
grand jury wrote.
On Sunday, Cuomo released a statement saying, "My heart breaks for the 20
people who lost their lives in this horrific accident on Saturday in
Schoharie. I commend the first responders who arrived on the scene and
worked through the night to help. State police are working with federal
and local authorities to investigate the crash, and I have directed state
agencies to provide every resource necessary to aid in this investigation
and determine what led to this tragedy."
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
multiple-deaths-143025082.html
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) A relaxed weekend afternoon turned into chaos at an
upstate New York spot popular with tourists taking in the fall foliage
when a crash involving a limousine left 20 people dead, officials said
Sunday.
A person with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press
that 18 of the victims in Saturday afternoon's crash at the Apple Barrel
Country Store were in the limo and two were bystanders. The person was not
authorized to discuss the preliminary information publicly and spoke
Sunday on the condition of anonymity.
Local officials told the Times Union of Albany that a limo speeding down a
hill hit bystanders at the store in Schoharie, about 170 miles (270
kilometers) north of New York City.
The crash "sounded like an explosion," said Linda Riley, of nearby
Schenectady, who was on a shopping trip with her sisters and had been in
their parked car at the time at the store, which sits near a T-junction of
two New York state highways.
When she got out of her vehicle, she saw a body on the ground and broken
tree branches everywhere, she said. People started screaming.
State police confirmed the death toll and said the crash involved two
vehicles.
Customers in the parking lot were killed when they were hit by the limo
coming down a hill on state Route 30 at "probably over 60 mph," the store
manager, Jessica Kirby, told The New York Times .
In a Facebook post on Saturday, the store thanked emergency responders for
their actions. The store posted Sunday that it was open "and could use
your hugs."
Authorities didn't release names of victims or other specifics, but state
police set up a hotline for family members. The National Transportation
Safety Board is investigating.
An afternoon news conference is planned.
There was no information Sunday on the limousine or its integrity. But
safety issues on such vehicles have arisen before, most notably after a
wreck on Long Island in July 2015 in which four women on a winery tour
were killed.
They were in a Lincoln Town Car that had been cut apart and rebuilt in a
stretch configuration to accommodate more passengers. The limousine was
trying to make a U-turn and was struck by a pickup.
A grand jury found that vehicles converted into stretch limousines often
don't have safety measures including side-impact air bags, reinforced
rollover protection bars and accessible emergency exits. That grand jury
called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to assemble a task force on limousine
safety.
Limousines built in factories are already required to meet stringent
safety regulations, but when cars are converted into limos, safety
features are sometimes removed, leading to gaps in safety protocols, the
grand jury wrote.
On Sunday, Cuomo released a statement saying, "My heart breaks for the 20
people who lost their lives in this horrific accident on Saturday in
Schoharie. I commend the first responders who arrived on the scene and
worked through the night to help. State police are working with federal
and local authorities to investigate the crash, and I have directed state
agencies to provide every resource necessary to aid in this investigation
and determine what led to this tragedy."
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.