Queens, NY : 5 killed in crash on Cross Island Parkway in Queens Monday, 1st January 2024

Police are investigating after five people died in a crash on the Cross Island Parkway in Queens early Monday morning.

A neighbor's surveillance camera picked up the loud crashing noise just minutes before police responded to a deadly collision before 6 a.m. that overturned a Mazda SUV.

"We heard the noise, and we knew it was a bad one. It was earth-shattering. You could hear the sounds of metal just crunching," neighbor Frank Steele said.

"It's horrible to say, but it's common. It's all the time and you pray when you hear it. You're like, 'Dear Lord, please don't let anybody be dead,'" neighbor Edith Caruso said.

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