Pregnant NYC woman dies in upstate NY crash

HIGHLAND FALLS, NY

Police say 23-year-old Ester German of Brooklyn was in the back seat when the car went off Route 9W around 6:40 p.m. Sunday in the village of Highland Falls near West Point.

German, who was several months pregnant, was pronounced dead at Cornwall Hospital.

Police say she wasn't wearing a seat belt.

Witnesses told police the car hydroplaned while traveling in heavy rain. Two other people suffered minor injuries and two others were uninjured.

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