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>>> FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND IN A
FIERY CRASH IN WESTCHESTER
COUNTY.
THEY RANGE IN AGE FROM 17 TO
JUST 8 YEARS OLD.
POLICE BELIEVE A 16-YEAR-OLD WAS
DRIVING. THE ONLY SURVIVOR, A 9-YEAR-OLD
WHO WAS RIDING IN THE TRUNK.
LYNDA BAQUERO IS THERE.
>> Reporter: THIS CITY IS
DESCRIBED TO ME AS A PLACE WHERE
NEIGHBORS KNOW EACH OTHER WELL. IT IS QUIET.
AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY
FAMILIES WOULD MOVE TO HERE FROM
NEW YORK.
WHAT THEY CAN’T UNDERSTAND IS THIS IMMENSE LOSS AFTER
YESTERDAY’S TRAGIC CAR CRASH.
GRIEF AT THIS NOME DERBY.
TWO FAMILIES MOURNING THE SUDDEN
LOSS OF FIVE OF THEIR CHILDREN.
THE YOUNGEST JUST 8 YEARS OLD
AFTER THE CAR THEY WERE IN
CRASHED ON THE HUTCHINSON
PARKWAY.
>> IT INDICATES BUT FINAL TO
SUBJECT ASSESSMENT IS THAT THE
OPERATOR WAS EITHER DISTRACTED
OR FELL ASLEEP.
>> Reporter: WESTCHESTER POLICE SAY SIX PEOPLE WERE IN A NISSAN
ROGUE WHEN THE CAR STRUCK A
BOULDER AND THEN A TREE IN
SCARSDALE AND BURST INTO FLAMES.
THE DRIVER, JUST 16 YEARS OLD. >> THE DRIVER, MALIK SMITH, DID
NOT HAVE A CONNECTICUT NOR A NEW
YORK DRIVER’S LICENSE OR PERMIT.
>> Reporter: SHE’S TELLING ME
SHE SAW THE YOUNGSTERS WHO HAD
JUST MOVED FROM BROOKLYN EVERY
AFTERNOON IN HER DELI. >> EVERY DAY THEY COME FOR THEIR
SNACKS, THEY COME AS A FAMILY, THEY’RE ALWAYS TOGETHER.
VERY GOOD, GOOD CHILDREN.
>> Reporter: SPEED IS NOT
BELIEVED TO BE A FACTOR IN THE
CRASH.
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SAYING THE
DRIVER CONTINUED HEADING
STRAIGHT WHEN THE ROAD CURVES. THE THREE BOYS AND TWO GIRLS
DIED FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.
A 9-YEAR-OLD IS IN THE MEDICAL
CENTER. >> TO BE KILLED AT 9 YEARS OLD,
THE MEMORIES OF EVERYTHING THAT’S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, I
JUST FEEL LIKE MY HOPES AND MY
PRAYERS RESPECT EVERYONE POURS
INTO HIM.
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR SAID THE
KIDS WERE SO FLEW TO THE AREA,
THEY WEREN’T OFFICIALLY
REGISTERED IN SCHOOL.
HE’S OFFERING RESOURCES TO THE
PARENTS.
>> COMING BACK LATE AT NIGHT.
IT’S TOUGH FOR A SEASONED
DRIVER.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE 16-YEAR-OLD WAS DRIVING.
SUCH A SAD, SAD STORY.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILIES.
>> AS A MOM, YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO, YOUR KIDS AREN’T SUPPOSED TO
GO BEFORE YOU. >> Reporter: THE 9-YEAR-OLD’S
INJURIES ARE DESCRIBED AS NOT
LIFE THREATENING. THE OFFICIALS SAY THEY AREN’T
SURE WHERE THE KIDS WERE COMING
FROM BUT SCARSDALE WHERE IT
HAPPENED IS ABOUT 50 MILES FROM
HERE.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE FAMILY HAS
SET UP A GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN TO