Five kids, teens from CT killed in fiery crash in New York
Five children and teenagers from Derby, Connecticut, were killed in a fiery crash in New York on Sunday morning, police said.
All five were in a Nissan Rogue being driven by a 16-year-old boy when the SUV veered off the road on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale, struck a tree and caught on fire, according to the Westchester County Police Department.
Four boys and one girl, ranging in age from 8 to 17 years old, were killed in the crash at about 12:20 a.m. just north of the exit for Mamaroneck Road, police said.
A 9-year-old boy was the only one to survive the crash, police said.
The boy was riding in the rear hatchback part of the SUV and escaped out of the back. He was taken in an ambulance to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla with injuries that weren’t believed to be life threatening.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash and the cause is still under investigation by the Westchester County Police Accident Investigation Team and detectives from the General Investigations Unit, police said.
Family members of the victims were still being notified Sunday, police said. Their identities had not been released pending those notifications.
