Hit-and-run driver Julio Acevedo was speeding at 69 miles per hour before he slammed into a cab carrying an expectant Orthodox couple on their way to the hospital — killing the couple and their “miracle” baby.
For many Jews, it’s easy to feel a world apart from the Hasidim. The hit-and-run tragedy that wiped out a Brooklyn family reminds us that we are one people with the same emotions.
New York police on Wednesday said they apprehended a suspected hit-and-run driver following a weekend accident that killed a young Orthodox Jewish couple whose baby was later delivered by C-section but then died.
Police were still hunting Tuesday for the hit-and-run driver who allegedly causing the deadly crash that killed an Orthodox couple as they headed to the hospital to deliver their first baby.
A ‘miracle’ turned to more tragedy as the Brooklyn infant who initially survived a car crash that killed his parents has now also passed away.