(WABC) — A van traveling southbound on the Bronx River Parkway left the roadway near East 177th Street, fell down a 50-60 foot embankment, overturned, and crashed onto the property of the Bronx Zoo.
The midday road incident trapped the victims inside their vehicle and they appeared to have died even as rescue teams arrived at the scene on a Parkway the swings by the zoo, a university and one of the nation’s most famous botanical gardens.
EMS confirms that there 7 people killed in the accident, however it is unclear if all of the victims were traveling in the van.
