AntZ
08-21-2011, 09:15 AM
3 generations of NY family die in I-95 wreck in NC
Aug 21, 12:42 AM EDT
WILSON, N.C. (AP) -- A New York family returning from Disney World was devastated Saturday evening when women representing three generations were killed in a wreck on Interstate 95 in eastern North Carolina.
Trooper G.G. Barnes of the North Carolina Highway Patrol said early Sunday that a 22-year-old woman, her mother and grandmother were killed when the family's SUV blew a tire on northbound I-95 in Wilson County, the driver lost control and the vehicle overturned.
Barnes identified the victims as Rosanny Marte, 22; Angela Marte, 46; and Rosa Marte, 71. Five other family members in the vehicle - including the husbands of Angela and Rosa Marte, and Angela's two other children and nephew - remained hospitalized early Sunday with non-life-threatening injuries. Barnes said the family is from New York City.
Barnes said the two older female victims were not wearing seatbelts and were thrown from the vehicle, which came to rest off the highway.
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Terrible story! But they list 8 people in the vehicle, that means it was either overloaded or close to being when they include all their luggage. I'm sure it was probably flying down the highway for hours on end, and I bet they never checked the tire pressures. Tires can't handle the abuse, and this vehicle should have been going slow with that weight. On top of that, two of the dead were not wearing seat-belts. As sure as the sun will rise in the morning, they will try to figure out who to sue, and I bet they'll win something out of sympathy.
Aug 21, 12:42 AM EDT
WILSON, N.C. (AP) -- A New York family returning from Disney World was devastated Saturday evening when women representing three generations were killed in a wreck on Interstate 95 in eastern North Carolina.
Trooper G.G. Barnes of the North Carolina Highway Patrol said early Sunday that a 22-year-old woman, her mother and grandmother were killed when the family's SUV blew a tire on northbound I-95 in Wilson County, the driver lost control and the vehicle overturned.
Barnes identified the victims as Rosanny Marte, 22; Angela Marte, 46; and Rosa Marte, 71. Five other family members in the vehicle - including the husbands of Angela and Rosa Marte, and Angela's two other children and nephew - remained hospitalized early Sunday with non-life-threatening injuries. Barnes said the family is from New York City.
Barnes said the two older female victims were not wearing seatbelts and were thrown from the vehicle, which came to rest off the highway.
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Terrible story! But they list 8 people in the vehicle, that means it was either overloaded or close to being when they include all their luggage. I'm sure it was probably flying down the highway for hours on end, and I bet they never checked the tire pressures. Tires can't handle the abuse, and this vehicle should have been going slow with that weight. On top of that, two of the dead were not wearing seat-belts. As sure as the sun will rise in the morning, they will try to figure out who to sue, and I bet they'll win something out of sympathy.