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Woman Killed in Horrific Eastern Parkway Crash

A 29-year-old woman was killed in a horrific crash on Eastern Parkway early Sunday morning. Witnesses said that a sports car was driving in excess of 80 miles-per-hour when it struck a sedan, killing the teenaged passenger and leaving car parts strew across an entire city block.

The crash occurred at around 5:00am and began at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Troy Avenue, where a black Nissan Altima was making a left hand turn from Troy on to Eastern Parkway when it was blasted by a dark colored Chevrolet Camaro – who witnesses said was traveling at speeds in excess of 80 miles-per-hour.

Out of three passengers in the Altima, a 29-year-old woman sitting in the back seat was mortally wounded. She was pronounced dead by doctors after being rushed to a nearby hospital. The two other passengers were also rushed to nearby hospitals and their condition was not immediately known.

The driver of the Camaro reportedly walked out of his car and did not appear to need any medical attention. Some witnesses even said that the driver appeared to be ‘drunk’, but police have not confirmed any details yet.

Eastern Parkway remained closed for many hours while police officers from the Crash Investigation Squad investigated and reconstructed the crash.

Update 11:00am: Police sources have said that both drivers involved in this crash have been arrested. The Camaro driver was charged with Driving While Intoxicated and the driver of the Altima was charged with driving with a suspended license.

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified the fatality victim as a teenager. She is actually 29-years-old.

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24 Comments

  • MC

    The noise of the crash woke me up at 4-something in the morning. I had hoped it was a dream. People speed on Eastern Parkway at night on a regular basis. As a pedestrian, it’s terrifying to encounter… and apparently also fatal to the drivers.

    • Boobie

      My cousin was in that car and her girlfriend killed. It’s so out of control with speeding and drunk driving. I hear the driver that hit them was fine, but my cousin and this girls family and friends will never be the same. People just don’t listen and don’t care. You put other peoples lives in danger when you drink and drive. DONT DO IT!!!!!!!!!

  • 25 mph

    How does someone drive in excess of 80 mph in a 25 mph zone without getting stopped by the police?

  • Jacqueline

    Prayers for the female killed , and her family , may God receive her Soul and keep her near

  • they can post a 10 MPH

    posting limits as low as 25 MPH has no effect on scenarios like these. People that will be drunk reckless are the was that don’t follow ANY laws.

    While the rest of us normal people that just want to get to work on time and home on time, get penalized by new laws like the 25 MPH city-wide.

    • RCL

      25mph on a big street like that makes law biding citizens into criminals. It is as stupid and senseless as going 80mph on a street like that.

  • Rebecca

    I live a few hundreds yards down the block and there were car parts in our parking lot this morning;
    so preventable
    what is so important that they were in such a rush that they couldnt slow down

    I was talking with the Captain about the big picture – he said that they may start putting the school bumps; at least one on each block to keep the speed down

  • declasse' intellectual

    #5) The great tragic part of that is that these people who are DWI or DUI find ways to circumvent all these devices. They have found ways to neutralize the breath reading machine in cars that prevents the car from starting when they drink.
    #2) In answer to your question, they are on ticket writing patrol.

  • Levy

    The 25mph signs are useless good drivers will heed and the jerks that speed like this one will never. In the mean time we will get tickets for going 30mph.

  • TorahYid

    Too many drunk drivers are killing too many innocent people. We must immediately ban all cars! There is NO Constitutional right to drive. BAN CARS NOW!

  • Zack

    I know the guy that did it he is my uncle he was going to call my dad to hang out on Friday but my dad said no Wow the cammaro he was driving was his bosses cammaro

  • Mocha Maddness

    80mph wow… Late nights are definitely a race track on the parkway.

    Because this idiot decided to drink & drive a young woman has lost her life… Terrible tragedy :-(

  • Sad to say

    The young woman who died in this sad event was a well loved individual and will be sorely missed by the community she served nearby. She had a love for people and our collective backgrounds expressed through her love of foods, and her passion for travel having visited over 50 countries in her short life. Her welcoming smile will be missed by anyone who new her around the world.

  • Niecey

    That was my friend who got killed my life will not be the same without you!!! Her kind heart leaves very sweet memories, her laugh, her smile, and get friendship!! R I P

  • tim hayes

    what a shame no ones safe at any time my prayers goes out to the families of this horrible accident.