Disaster Limo crash kills 20 people

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-limousine-crash-victims-included-newlyweds-brothers

A limousine crash in upstate New York on Saturday killed 20 people, officials have said. Now, portraits of the victims, including two pairs of newlyweds, have started to emerge.

Officials said all 18 people in the limousine died, as well as two pedestrians. The limo was said to be heading to a friend's birthday party.

Rich Steenburg, 34, his 29-year-old sibling Axel Steenburg and Axel’s wife Amy all were in the limousine and died, the brothers’ stepfather, Lester Andrews, told the New York Times.

“[Axel and Amy] rented the limo with some families,” Andrews told the newspaper. “There’s just a lot of confusion, so many people died.”

The couple had tied the knot this past summer, according to Andrews.

A GoFundMe page is seeking help with funeral costs for the siblings.

Both Steenburg brothers worked for GlobalFoundries, the Albany Times-Union reported. It added that Amanda Rivenburg, a friend of Amy's, also died.

LIMOUSINE CRASHES IN NEW YORK, KILLING 20, AFTER FAILING TO STOP AT INTERSECTION, OFFICIALS SAY

The victims also included parents Abby and Adam Jackson.

“Archer, 4 years old, Elle, 16 months, tragically lost their parents, Adam and Abby, on October 6th in a horrific car accident,” a GoFundMe page says.

Newlyweds Erin Vertucci and Shane McGowan also were killed.

Valerie Abeling, Vertucci's aunt, spoke through tears while giving the news. She said her own daughter had been invited along but couldn't go.

Speaking of the couple, Abeling said Vertucci “was a beautiful, sweet soul; he was too,” Abeling said.

The couple was married at a “beautiful wedding" in June at a venue in upstate New York, Abeling said.

She added, “They had everything going for them.”

Vertucci was 34 and McGowan was 30. They met through Abeling’s daughter.

Vertucci, who grew up in Amsterdam, New York, was an administrative assistant at St. Mary’s Healthcare in Amsterdam.

Saturday's crash in Schoharie was the deadliest transportation incident in the U.S. since a 2009 plane crash in Buffalo, New York, killed 50 people, officials said.

Fucking awful. A car crash so bad the only thing worse was a fucking plane crash almost 10 years ago.

 

[Hux]

Newlyweds. Fuck.

At least they went out together

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

The kill count on this one is amazing.

Not even one person in the vehicle survived, and they managed to take 2 pedestrians with them.

This is fucking terrible.

F

RIP

 

[Carnivorous Plant]

terrible. all because their driver was a dumb ass.

 

[Bunny Tracks]

Fucking hell. Twenty people killed and two kids orphaned. Absolutely heartbreaking.

 

[Sperglord Dante]

In my hometown we have overloaded buses crash all the time and we rarely hit the 20 corpse mark. What the fuck went wrong here?

 

[The Fool]

What are the details on the crash? How did this even happen?

 

[Cable 7]

What are the details on the crash? How did this even happen?

Hard to tell. My guess would be a traffic accident involving either a shitty driver or a drunk driver in another car.

 

[SigSauer]

Whatever it was, Samuel Hydeberg was guaranteed to be the one behind it.

 

[Káiser Futura]

The amount of victims is shocking. Horrible.

 

[Clop]

What are the details on the crash? How did this even happen?

The newsclip is just as clueless, they're just investigating how the hell. The car started going down a grassy hill towards a store parking lot and smoosh, lots of dead wedding guests.

The one woman who skipped the invitation into the limo was lucky. Though I don't know how many would appreciate this kind of "luck."

 

[break these cuffs]

Axel Steenburg and Axel’s wife

Welcome to Kavanaugh's America; ladies, grab your Handmaiden's Tale headwear on your way out.

 

[c-no]

No survivors in the crash and that includes a newly-wed couple.

The one woman who skipped the invitation into the limo was lucky. Though I don't know how many would appreciate this kind of "luck."

It may as well be the sort of luck that leaves the memory and thought seared deep into ones mind. The thought that you could of been victim 21 and you managed to avoid that but skipping what could of been your death.

 

[sasazuka]

In my hometown we have overloaded buses crash all the time and we rarely hit the 20 corpse mark. What the fuck went wrong here?

Maybe it's because they're buses with solid one-piece, purpose-built chassis and not chopped-up SUV's with cobbled-together Frankenstein chassis like the limousine involved in this crash was, and the buses with one-piece chassis aren't likely to break apart on impact, sending bodies flying everywhere?

Also, in a bus accident, you generally are stopped by the seat in front of you, so you may get injured but you're not usually thrown around the vehicle compared to stretch limousines where the seating is usually sideways.

 

[TowinKarz]

Well, if you gotta go, go Final Destination style.

But seriously, the NTSB on scene of a car crash is really something.....

 

[The Great Chandler]

The strange part is the fact that EVERYONE died in the limo. You'd usually expect survivors out of this one.

 

[The Fool]

Looks like they found some security footage of the event

 

[Clop]

The strange part is the fact that EVERYONE died in the limo. You'd usually expect survivors out of this one.

Limos don't require seatbelts in the passenger area, and the car was going around 60mph (100km/h) which sure as hell would kill any normal person when they're not stapled down to something. I'm more puzzled why the driver is dead, assuming he is since there's no mention of anyone surviving. Then again, going 60 likely means seatbelt in the front when it hits something solid doesn't help much when it crumples like an accordion.

 

[KO 864]

The newsclip is just as clueless, they're just investigating how the hell. The car started going down a grassy hill towards a store parking lot and smoosh, lots of dead wedding guests.

The one woman who skipped the invitation into the limo was lucky. Though I don't know how many would appreciate this kind of "luck."

That kind of luck should almost be suspicious. I hope we get answers so that they're not just a transport statistic

 

[Clop]

That kind of luck should almost be suspicious. I hope we get answers so that they're not just a transport statistic

"Valerie Abeling, Vertucci's aunt, spoke through tears while giving the news. She said her own daughter had been invited along but couldn't go."

Nothing suspicious, just genuinely lucky. Unless we go the insane route. Less likely.

With those insane speeds my first guess would've been a deliberate suicide from the driver or a medical condition causing him to lean on the pedal.