Expectant Parents Die in NY Crash; Infant Survives

At least some good came out of this tragedy:

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young couple who had taken a car service to a hospital for the birth of their first child were killed en route in a hit and run early Sunday, but their baby boy survived, born prematurely, authorities and a neighbor said.

The driver of a BMW slammed into the car carrying Nathan and Raizy Glauber, both 21, at an intersection in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, said Isaac Abraham, a neighbor of Raizy Glauber's parents who lives two blocks from the scene of the crash. Both of the Glaubers were pronounced dead at hospitals, police said.

Their infant son was in serious condition at a hospital, said Abraham, and the driver of their car was in stable condition, police said.

Both the driver of the vehicle that hit the couple's car and a passenger fled and are being sought, police said.

Photos taken after the accident showed both cars mangled and the front end of the BMW crumpled. Issac said the Glaubers called a car service because they didn't own a car, which is common for New Yorkers.

The Glaubers were Orthodox Jews, and Abraham often speaks publicly for the different sects in the ultra-orthodox community, which has strict rules governing clothing, social customs and interaction with the outside world. Men wear dark clothing that includes a long coat and a fedora-type hat and often have long beards and ear locks.

Abraham called the couple's death "a tragedy beyond (belief) just coming off a joyous holiday as Purim" as they were getting ready to welcome their first child.

A funeral for the Glaubers was planned for Sunday afternoon. Jewish law calls for burial of the dead as soon as possible.

Brooklyn is home to the largest community of ultra-orthodox Jews outside Israel, more than 250,000.

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This is not an antidote. Jesus.

What the fuck has this

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The Glaubers were Orthodox Jews, and Abraham often speaks publicly for the different sects in the ultra-orthodox community, which has strict rules governing clothing, social customs and interaction with the outside world. Men wear dark clothing that includes a long coat and a fedora-type hat and often have long beards and ear locks

to do with the rest of the article?

"How are the pics from that car crash?"

"They look like someone stuck the camera to a wall and set the auto-shutter."

"Well' guess we'll make do without pictures. Just stretch the article like eight lines so the layout stays the same."

I mean, wtf?

?| What does being Jewish have anything to do with the deaths? This is fucking horrible. I wish I could neg you.

Cyberwulf wrote:

This is not an antidote. Jesus.

Way to miss the point.

The baby has now died. So this no longer qualifies as an antidote.

EileenK98 wrote:

The baby has now died. So this no longer qualifies as an antidote.

It's on Yahoo! It doesn't qualify as news either. Just another incident among the thousands that happen every day.

Reidmar wrote:

Cyberwulf wrote:

This is not an antidote. Jesus.

Way to miss the point.

...no, she's right.

I think I've seen this episode of ER.

The Unoriginal wrote:

What the fuck has this

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The Glaubers were Orthodox Jews, and Abraham often speaks publicly for the different sects in the ultra-orthodox community, which has strict rules governing clothing, social customs and interaction with the outside world. Men wear dark clothing that includes a long coat and a fedora-type hat and often have long beards and ear locks

to do with the rest of the article?

I think, and this is just guessing at motive 'cos it sure seems weird, that they included that because of they've first said he had a role as a public speaker for the community - having identified a public role for him, they then add what it related too in brief detail. Sort of if it was an article on a spokesman for tiddlywinks championship they'd probably say a bit more on what that related too. But if not that, I have no idea.

The driver of the BMW that hit the Glaubers has been identified. And he's going to surrender himself to police... but not before everyone knows his story and that He's Not A Bad Person™:

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Julio Acevedo, 44, told the Daily News of New York that he was speeding away from a gunman who was trying to shoot at him early Sunday when the accident with a hired car happened in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

"My heart goes out to them," Acevedo told the newspaper Tuesday in a phone call arranged by a friend. "I didn't know they died until I saw the news."

Yeah... Fuck you, Julio.