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5 dead in crash on Cross Island Parkway: NYPD
NEW YORK (PIX11) --- Five people died and a driver was injured in a crash on the Cross Island Parkway in Queens on New Year's Day, officials said.
A Honda and a Mazda carrying five people collided near exit 36 on the Cross Island Parkway just before 6 a.m., according to the NYPD. All five people in the Mazda died at the scene.
The man driving the Honda was injured but is expected to survive, police said.
The investigation is ongoing.
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