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NYC Van Crash Kills 2 Kids

Vehicle spun out after making a U-turn, witnesses say

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 22, 2009 1:57 PM CST
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(Newser) – Two preschoolers were killed and 11 other people were injured when a van jumped a curb and ran into a crowd in Manhattan’s Chinatown today, Newsday reports. The gray van went out of control after making a U-turn, witnesses said. The dead children were identified as a 4-year-old girl and a 3- or 4-year-old, the New York Times reported. One of the injured is hospitalized in serious but stable condition, police said.

Emergency service personnel work at the scene of an accident on East Broadway in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, in New York.
Emergency service personnel work at the scene of an accident on East Broadway in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, in New York.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Bystanders watch as emergency service personnel work at the scene of an accident on East Broadway in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 in New York.
Bystanders watch as emergency service personnel work at the scene of an accident on East Broadway in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 in New York.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Emergency service personnel work at the scene of an accident on East Broadway in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, in New York.
Emergency service personnel work at the scene of an accident on East Broadway in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, in New York.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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