Extra Time: Latest on deadly Queens crash, City Island boat fire

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Extra Time: Deadly Queens crash; City Island boat fire
In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have an update on deadly crash in Queens, plus new details on a boat fire on City Island.A 67-year-old man was killed, and three others, including two kids, were injured after a car slammed into a group of pedestrians in Glen Oaks, Queens.

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have an update on deadly crash in Queens, plus new details on a boat fire on City Island.

A 67-year-old man was killed, and three others, including two kids, were injured after a car slammed into a group of pedestrians in Glen Oaks.

Eyewitness News Jim Dolan was live at the scene with more on the breaking details.

Meanwhile in the Bronx, firefighters made quick work of a boat that caught fire at the dock near City Island.

NewsCopter 7 was overhead as the flames burned through the boat, and at one point even spread to the dock. Soon after, the boat sank.

It's unknown if anybody was injured in this fire. There's no word on how it started.

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