Three men were killed Saturday morning when their speeding “souped up sedan” veered off the road onto a skateboard ramp — and into Newtown Creek in Long Island City, police and witnesses said.
The accident happened at around 4:45 a.m. on Borden Avenue under the Long Island Expressway when the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle and landed in the 3.5-mile long creek, witnesses and officials said.
“Firefighters deployed multiple rescue divers in conjunction with marine units” and removed the three unidentified men, rushing them in critical condition to Cornell Medical Center, where they died, a Fire Department spokesman said.
The vehicle was still in the water as of 8 a.m., according to an NYPD spokesman.
“Speed was a factor in the crash,” the spokesman said.
A witness told The Post that between 3:45-4 a.m. he saw the “souped-up black sedan with a modified exhaust speeding down a dead-end street,” on Borden.
The witness said the vehicle “dropped gear” and attempted to make a right turn, but mid-turn, the car “goes sideways over a hefty makeshift concrete skateboarding ramp” into the creek.
The witness said the car completely cleared a tall fence, perhaps 15 feet, and flew another 20 feet out before landing in the creek.
Police saw no property damage around the area of crash.
The witness said it wasn’t unusual to see drag racers in the area because Exit 15, Van Dam Street, is the last exit before the tolls of the Midtown Tunnel. In order to avoid the tolls, racers usually get off there.
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