A “catastrophic” car crash has left five people dead Tuesday night almost instantly after a speeding vehicle crashed into another carrying four men and split it in half, authorities said.
The two-car crash took place on Riverdale Avenue near Culver Street at around 9:30 p.m. when a car traveling at “an extreme rate of speed” slammed into another coming on the opposite way, dividing it into halves.
The motorist behind the speeding vehicle’s wheel was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center where he was pronounced dead while the four men traveling in the split car died at the scene.
Authorities said that other people were injured and hospitalized but did not elaborate on the extent of their injuries.
“I heard a very loud noise. Unusual. Never seen anything worse. So I went to the window because I live nearby and I see a guy running and saying ‘Oh my God, oh my God!’” Maria Delgado, who witnessed the accident said.
“I get dressed up and come out and the car is split in half with dead bodies on one side and on this side…and the white car opposite from the way it was coming.”
The tragic crash is being investigated.
