Two killed including child, 5, in horror GWB smash
Two people have been killed including a five-year-old child after the SUV they were travelling in smashed into the back of a truck on the George Washington Bridge.
The GMC Acadia, which had New Jersey Plates hit the box truck shortly before 8pm yesterday.
The SUV was driven by a man in his 30s. A one-year-old child and two women aged in their 30s and 70s escaped from the accident with their lives.
A man in his 30s has died along with a five-year-old child when the SUV he was driving crashed into the back of a box truck on the George Washington Bridge causing major traffic delays
The wrecked SUV had New Jersey licence plates according to witnesses at the scene
Port Authority Police spokesman Joseph Pentangelo said the crash happened on the eastbound carriageway on the roadway's upper level.
Pentangelo said the SUV was destroyed when it crashed into the back of the box truck.
Footage of the scene showed the badly damaged car mangled underneath the rear of the truck.
According to the New York Daily News, traffic was delayed for up to two hours following the fatal smash around 8pm yesterday.
The driver of the SUV and the child were taken to Presbyterian Hospital Columbia where they both died.
Crash scene investigators spent several hours inspecting the scene of the crash in an effort to determine exactly what happened.