Crazy accident down the block from my house last night...
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Crazy accident down the block from my house last night...
Originally Posted by Flatbushscoop.com
A horrific head-on-collision on Ocean Parkway, left one person dead, Saturday night. The crash, which happened between Avenue’s W and X, occurred around 11:45PM. Flatbush Hatzolah was on the scene in seconds, and reported one victim in traumatic arrest, with 2 others trapped in the wrecked vehicle. The impact was so intense, that the entire engine of one of the vehicles involved (a BMW) was thrown a few hundred feet away (see photos). The FDNY and NYPD’s Emergency Services Units were needed to use the Jaws Of Life to extricate the victims.
The victim who died, was taken by Hatzolah to Coney Island Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The others were all removed to local Trauma Centers, and are expected to live.
The NYPD’s Accident Investigation Team was called to the scene, and the street was closed for traffic, and will probably remain closed for hours.
There was no word on what caused the crash, which occurred at a high rate of speed.
Misaskim services were not needed in this tragic incident.
Further details will be published when they are available to us.
The victim who died, was taken by Hatzolah to Coney Island Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The others were all removed to local Trauma Centers, and are expected to live.
The NYPD’s Accident Investigation Team was called to the scene, and the street was closed for traffic, and will probably remain closed for hours.
There was no word on what caused the crash, which occurred at a high rate of speed.
Misaskim services were not needed in this tragic incident.
Further details will be published when they are available to us.
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http://www.flatbushscoop.com/2012/05...html#more-6112
FYI - Hatzolah is a Jewish volunteer ambulance service...
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The cars literally exploded to pieces. The engine and one of the wheels complete with full suspension from the BMW was on one side of the street, and the car was on the other side of the street 200 feet away. The person in the minivan (Ford Windstar) did not make it. 
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Few pics I took...
This was the BMW and one of the wheels. The other wheel was next to the engine about a hundred feet away.
Engine and the other wheel
The Ford Windstar:
This was the BMW and one of the wheels. The other wheel was next to the engine about a hundred feet away.
Engine and the other wheel
The Ford Windstar:
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As far as speed, I have no idea. From what I heard, the BMW was travelling South at a high rate of speed, probably lost control and ended up slamming head on into the minivan which was travelling North. There was an E39 BMW with his hazard lights hanging out there, from what I heard, he may have witnessed the whole thing and stuck around to report what happened. The website I linked is the only site that posted the incident. I haven't seen it anywhere else yet.
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freaking eh...i drive down that almost every time i go out to the city...at night it's pretty barren so i can see how someone would be tempted to speed down that way...that accident looks horrible...
It was a 23yr old college student in the van that died
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1073334
Brooklyn college student was killed in a head-on collision with a speeding motorist who lost control of his high-end sports car late Saturday, police sources and witnesses said.
The victim, Jamal Iqbal, 23, was driving his Ford Windstar minivan north on Ocean Parkway in Sheepshead Bay near Avenue X around 11:45 p.m. when he was slammed head-on by a black BMW M6.
The 26-year-old driver of the BMW was speeding south on Ocean Parkway when he lost control of his vehicle and spun out, veering into Iqbal’s lane, according to cops and witnesses.
The victim, Jamal Iqbal, 23, was driving his Ford Windstar minivan north on Ocean Parkway in Sheepshead Bay near Avenue X around 11:45 p.m. when he was slammed head-on by a black BMW M6.
The 26-year-old driver of the BMW was speeding south on Ocean Parkway when he lost control of his vehicle and spun out, veering into Iqbal’s lane, according to cops and witnesses.
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the person that died was the brother of my brother's friend...my brother is really sad right now and depressed...he went to school with Jamal's brother and were close..
Jamal's family is really messed up over this..needless to say this is an extremely painful time for them, their friends and relatives
RIP
Jamal's family is really messed up over this..needless to say this is an extremely painful time for them, their friends and relatives
RIP
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It seems like the craziest (and often most tragic) accidents happen in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. .....I'm still trying to make sense of the accident last week in the Bronx......not to mention my son's potentially fatal accident in that E60 M5 in Queens a couple of years ago.
