2 dead after car crashes into tree in Flushing

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
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Two bodies were pulled from a vehicle's wreckage after it crashed into a tree in Queens.

FLUSHING, N.Y. (WABC) -- Two bodies were pulled from a vehicle's wreckage after it crashed into a tree in Queens.



Both victims are unidentified men, the 28-year-old driver and the 26-year-old passenger, and they were pronounced dead at the scene in Flushing.



The force of impact pushed the 2005 Dodge Stratus into a tree at 164th Street and Booth Memorial Avenue just after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. It had been traveling eastbound on Booth Memorial Avenue at a high rate of speed, and jumped a sidewalk before striking the tree. No one else was affected or injured.



The identities of the victims have not been released. The cause of the crash is under investigation.


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