How did 20 die in limo crash?

Driver Scott Lisinicchia also died . The group was celebrating Amy Steenburg’s 30th birthday when the party limo they were in failed to stop at a T-intersection. The limo flew into a nearby parking lot and crashed into an unoccupied SUV, killing everyone inside the limo .

What caused the limo crash in New York?

The NTSB found that the crash in upstate New York was likely caused by the operator’s “egregious disregard for safety” that resulted in brake failure on a long downhill stretch, and that ineffective state oversight also contributed.

Where did the limo crash happen?

1:55 p.m. In the early afternoon of October 6, 2018, a stretch limousine crashed at the junction of New York state routes 30 and 30A north of Schoharie (/skoʊˈhɛəriː/ skoh-HAIR-ee), 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Albany, killing 20: the driver, all 17 passengers, and two pedestrians who were in a nearby parking lot.

What caused Schoharie limo crash?

Brake failure, ‘egregious disregard for safety’ caused deadly NY limo crash , NTSB says. 6, 2018, crash in Schoharie , N.Y., which killed the driver, all 17 passengers and two bystanders when the 2001 Ford Excursion limousine blew through a stop sign and struck a parked SUV in the Apple Barrel Country Store’s parking lot