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Runaway Van Kills L.I. Woman, Crashes Into House
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Jen Chung
Published Apr 20, 2010
Modified Apr 20, 2010
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This morning, a woman who was in the front yard of a Hempstead, Long Island home was killed when a van barreled onto her lawn and slammed her into her house. It's unclear if the woman was a resident or pedestrian, but WCBS 2 reports, "A broken lawn mower was seen near the van with the handle bars stripped off. Black tire tracks in the street mark where the van veered onto the sidewalk, followed by a long trail of tracks through the grass. The front of the gray van went through a portion of the brick house by the front door."
The police are investigating the incident. Newsday says the van is a "commercial van" with many ladders. A man and a woman were taken into custody, but they are not cooperating with the police. According to WABC 7, "It is unclear which person was driving and if drugs or alcohol were involved."
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