Three generations of a family were killed on Sunday in a horrific crash after the SUV they were driving in fell 60 feet off a highway overpass and into a ravine on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo, leaving seven people lifeless, including three children. The family was on their way home from Church, with their home less than five miles away from the crash scene. Shortly after the crash, FDNY deputy Chief Ronald Werner said, “Sometimes you come upon events that are horrific and this is one of them.”According to the Daily News, a neighbor of the family’s, Felicia Lee, said, “They were a good, wholesome family. The mother always kept an eye on her children. They were typical little girls. They were gorgeous. They were so pretty.”
Authorities in New York are trying to conclude what caused the accident that killed Jacob Nunez, 85, and Ana Julia Martinez, 81, both from the Dominican Republic, their daughters, Maria Gonzalez, 45, and Maria Nunez, 39, and three grandchildren. Police report Gonzalez was operating the vehicle. The children were identified as Jocelyn Gonzalez, 10, the daughter of the driver, Niely Rosario, 7, and Marly Rosario, 3, both daughters of Nunez. Werner said, “When you see young kids that have been hurt or injured or lose their life, it’s always harder than if you find someone that’s an elder age. It affects all our units.”
