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Driver Killed After Crashing Into Two Homes
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Jen Chung
Published Jun 4, 2009
Modified Jun 4, 2009
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Around 12:40 a.m. this morning, a 21-year-old driver in a Toyota Camry was "killed when his out of control car flipped through the air and careened into two homes" in Flushing, Queens, according to WABC 7. It's suspected that the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed as he drove along the eastbound Horace Harding Expressway. WABC 7 adds, "The Camry flipped into the air, hurtled over two parked cars, and took down a street sign as it crashed into the front of a house on 61st Road." No one else was injured; one of the homes' residents told PIX News, "I heard a bang and the whole house shook," adding the car was completely in flames. Residents also say that this part of the Horace Harding Expressway, which is a service road for the LIE, has had many accidents; in fact, PIX News reports that one of the homes damaged today was also hit by a car 10 years ago.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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