"Expectant parents killed in car crash on way to hospital, baby survives"

[angeezy]

New York (CNN) -- A midnight car crash in New York killed two expectant parents who were heading to the hospital. But the baby was rescued by cesarean section and is in critical condition, police say.

Nathan and Raizy Gluber, both 21, were riding in a livery cab in Brooklyn. Another car, a BMW, crashed into the cab at an intersection, slamming into its side, at about 12:10 a.m. Sunday.

The two occupants of the BMW fled the scene on foot and are being sought by police.

The driver of the cab, a Toyota Corolla, was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition, police say.

The Glubers were soon pronounced dead at two different hospitals, said Sgt. Tom Antonetti, a police spokesman.

Bellevue Hospital performed a C-section to rescue the baby.

At the time of the crash, the couple were on the way to Long Island College Hospital "for a wellness check," said Officer Sophia Tassy-Mason, a spokeswoman for the New York City Police Department.

"It was sudden," said Sarah Gluck, Raizy Gluber's cousin. "She just wasn't feeling well and they just, they went to check it out."

The couple had been married for less than a year, said Barry Sekete, a cousin of one of the victims.

"It's terrible," he told CNN affiliate New York 1. "They're ... not even married a year, and you know they're going into the happiest times, to have a baby, and that's what happens. Terrible."

The crash brought heartache to the Hasidic community.

The young Orthodox Jewish couple were "preparing for the most joyous moment in life, to become parents, ready to build a castle to the future and build a family," said Isaac Abraham, a community leader and neighbor of the couple.

The community is working to make sure the baby boy gets all the medical attention he needs, Abraham said.

The child will be taken care of by family, friends, and the community, he said.

"The message to the driver: We know law enforcement is going to get to you," Abraham to CNN affliate WABC. "But our message is give yourself up before we find you."

Investigators were talking with the car's registered owner on Sunday, Tassy-Mason said. Tassy-Mason said she did not know whether the vehicle had been stolen or what the relationship was between the car's owner and its occupants.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/03/us/new-york-crash-baby/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

so sad!!

 

[hybridsoldier23]

Hope they get the dudes who crashed into them. Probably drunk driving

Real sad.

 

[heatpinoyboy]

Hope they get the dudes who crashed into them. Probably drunk driving

Real sad.

Punks ran off thinking they're going to get away

 

[killthehype]

Hope they get the dudes who crashed into them. Probably drunk driving

Real sad.

Yeah it is really sad. I hope the baby survives man.

 

[al audi]

Bmw drivers are the worse.

 

[hebgbz]

Wow that is some movie type sadness

 

[rook]

Hate hearing stories like this. A HS female here in Syracuse, NY just passed away driving also. Sad man...

 

[moderndarwin]

No bad taste intended...but my first thought was HARRY POTTER. Really sad for the family =(

 

[freeze]

Damn you Voldemort!!








RIP tho. sad story. All blessings be to the child.

 

[redefinition]

so f'ing sad and tragic....

 

[whyhellothere]

all the people that came out to mourn

Spoiler

:x

only 21

 

[SteveSteve72]

Damn, Very sad. RIP

 

[franco23x]

Dam

RIP

Would have went to mourn

 

[wj4]

I hope the baby survives and grow up with the brightest future. Rip to the parents.

 

[miamiboy]

HEARTBREAKING.

 

[unsuited]

R.I.P to the parents. I hope that kids life is easy 

the two people need to own up. 

I see why people shouldn't be distracted while driving

new oath: when i am driving, i am DRIVING period.

 

[sir charles]

Name the kid Bruce Wayne.

But seriously, I'm tired of this kind of bad news.

 

[acemaster193]

^ c'mon man.

 

[Gill Baka Esq. LLC.]

all the people that came out to mourn

this is beautiful to me. No matter how others knock the Jewish, they come out to pay their respect in high fashion.

Read the story earlier. Good luck to that kid and to those who crashed into that couple.

 

[HTownsOwn84]

damb this does sound like a sad movie but RIP to the parents and I hope the kid survives to have a great life

 

[guzzy]

^^^

That car.......damb man.

R.I.P.

 

[bjm5295]

how ******g fast was the bimer going? :x that car is wrecked.

RIP to the parents.

hope they find the driver and beat the hell out of him with a 2x4. no excuse for fleeing a scene like that.

 

[mugzbo]

So sad that they were only 21...really, I hope they rest in peace. Glad to hear the community will come together and raise them together. When the two other people get tracked down, they're going to hear it for a long, long time...

 

[legendairy stinson]

Bmw drivers are the worse.

Word. Sad story

 

[chino905]

Saw on the news this morning that the baby passed away this morning. RIP to the parents and the baby.