An 84-year-old driver, who had suffered a stroke two weeks earlier, lost control of his vehicle in Queens, resulting in a tragic crash that killed him and two pedestrians. The incident occurred when the driver, traveling northbound, suffered a medical emergency, causing his car to veer off course and strike a food truck, killing 41-year-old Joaquin Venancio-Mendez and 70-year-old Santiago Baires. Eyewitnesses described the horrifying scene, with body parts and debris scattered around the site of the collision.
The senior driver who lost control of his vehicle in a horrific crash Queens on Tuesday that killed him and two other men had suffered a stroke weeks earlier, and never should have been on the road, sources familiar with the case told amNewYork.
According to law enforcement sources, the still unidentified 84-year-old driver had just suffered a stroke two weeks prior and had been advised by his physician not to drive.
The hellish carnage left eyewitnesses shaken. Blood spatter, human flesh, and body parts, including a human foot, were left strewn amidst chunks of metal and food from the cart.
I was behind the cart with two gentlemen, and all of a sudden, we heard loud screeching tires and a loud engine roar. Someone screamed in shock, like oh my god,' and I just immediately s...
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