[NYC-L] Tragic Accident

[Etrit Bardhi]

Four Killed in New Year's Crash

                  NEW YORK (AP) - Four people on their way home from a New
Year's
                  Day party died in a fiery crash when their speeding car
struck a city sanitation truck clearing snow.

                  The car was traveling between 60 and 80 mph in a 30 mph
zone in Brooklyn early Tuesday when it crashed
                  into the front-end loader and burst into flames, police
said. The snow plow's driver narrowly escaped the fire,
                  police said.

                  Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said all safety precautions were
taken for the loader to clear snow away from the area.
                  The loader is painted orange and has an orange light on
top of its cab to make it easily visible.

                  Police tentatively identified the victims as Gezim
Xhaferri, 30; his 26-year-old wife, Arleta; Gentian Demiraj,
                  25; and Suela Njolli, 25.

                  It was not known if alcohol or ice was a factor. The
driver of the plow passed a Breathalyzer test after the
                  accident, police said.

                  The accident came just days after a snowstorm dumped
more than a foot of snow on New York City.