20 killed in limo accident...18 in the limo

Why do I have to do the work of clicking. Copy and past some of the sorry. Intice me. Make me want more.

This happened Saturday at 2 pm and we are just finding out about it now??

That's beyond tragic. That limo must have been pulverized in the crash if all 18 people inside of it were killed.

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That limo must have been pulverized in the crash if all 18 people inside of it were killed.

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Yeah I want to know how that happened. There aren't a lot of pictures yet.

I'm guessing fire.

I will drive a limo on occasions for a local funeral home. Have never had more than eight at one time. Have to be extra mindful when driving, obvious is length of vehicle but acceleration is slower so traffic flow alters. We no longer have LEO escorts, btw.

What's the thread? Cant find.

The limo ran into a parked Highlander in a parking lot after passing through an intersection. One would think such a dramatic Bethel would require two vehicles hitting each other head-on.

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Limo Crash Kills 20 in Upstate New York; Nation’s Deadliest Accident in 9 Years

By Jesse McKinley, Shane Goldmacher and Luis Ferré-Sadurní

SCHOHARIE, N.Y. — It was an intersection of two highways, one a steep downhill road, that residents had long warned was notoriously dangerous.

On Saturday afternoon, their worst fears were realized: A limousine lost control, careening through the intersection and striking an empty car. The crash killed all 18 people in the limousine and two pedestrians in an accident that left deep tire tracks in the ground and a small upstate New York town reeling.

“That limo was coming down that hill probably over 60 miles per hour,” said Jessica Kirby, 36, the manager of the Apple Barrel Country Store, where she said customers were hit near the parking lot. “All fatal.”

“I don’t want to describe the scene,” she added. “It’s not something I want to think about.”

Federal investigators arrived on Sunday in Schoharie, N.Y., about 40 miles west of Albany, where the crash had occurred and its remnants were still visible, including a tire torn from the limousine that lay in the mud in the creek bed, below several trees that had presumably been sawed off to access the vehicle. What appeared to be debris from the car littered the scene: mirror fragments, taillight pieces, a hairbrush.

The 2001 Ford Excursion limousine barreled through the intersection of two highways without stopping, crashing into another vehicle, an unoccupied 2015 Toyota Highlander, before landing in a ravine beyond the road. The two pedestrians were struck near the Apple Barrel and killed.

The loss of life stunned even seasoned investigators, who called it the nation’s deadliest transportation accident since a 2009 plane crash near Buffalo, N.Y. killed 50 people.

“Twenty fatalities is just horrific,” said Robert L. Sumwalt, the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, which is launching a comprehensive investigation. “I’ve been on the board for 12 years and this is one of the biggest losses of life that we’ve seen in a long, long time.”

All those killed were adults, the State Police said. They included at least two pairs of newlyweds and parents of young children, including a 16-month old, as family and friends quickly created a Go Fund Me page to cover future expenses. ...

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NY Times.com

The laziest thing poster do, is posting the Daily Mail story, with wedding pictures of some of the victims.

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none of the passengers were wearing seatbelts

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This is why I won't get in a limo. That or go to parties. Or socialize in general.