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| Baby dies day after his parents killed in NY car crash | Baby dies day after his parents killed in NY car crash |
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| The baby delivered after his parents were killed in a car crash in New York has died, a spokesman for the family's Orthodox Jewish community has said. | The baby delivered after his parents were killed in a car crash in New York has died, a spokesman for the family's Orthodox Jewish community has said. |
| Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, were on their way to hospital early on Sunday when their taxi was involved in a fatal collision in Brooklyn. | Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, were on their way to hospital early on Sunday when their taxi was involved in a fatal collision in Brooklyn. |
| Doctors performed a caesarean section to deliver the baby alive. | Doctors performed a caesarean section to deliver the baby alive. |
| But community spokesman Isaac Abraham said the newborn died at 05:30 local time (10:30 GMT) on Monday. | But community spokesman Isaac Abraham said the newborn died at 05:30 local time (10:30 GMT) on Monday. |
| He told CBS News that the couple had a baby boy, who weighed about 4lb (1.8kg). | He told CBS News that the couple had a baby boy, who weighed about 4lb (1.8kg). |
| "If he would have stayed alive, he would have been in memory and a little reminder to the grandparents of his parents," he said. "And now that little boy has been torn away as well." | "If he would have stayed alive, he would have been in memory and a little reminder to the grandparents of his parents," he said. "And now that little boy has been torn away as well." |
| More than 1,000 people turned out to mourn the couple at a funeral at Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar synagogue. | More than 1,000 people turned out to mourn the couple at a funeral at Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar synagogue. |
| Insurance fraud | Insurance fraud |
| The crash happened just after midnight on Sunday, a few blocks from the Glaubers' home in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. | The crash happened just after midnight on Sunday, a few blocks from the Glaubers' home in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. |
| Seven-months-pregnant Raizy Glauber had not been feeling well, the family said, so the couple called a cab to take them to hospital. | |
| Their cab collided with a BMW car whose driver and passenger then fled the scene. | Their cab collided with a BMW car whose driver and passenger then fled the scene. |
| Authorities say the registered owner of the car was not believed to have been driving when the crash took place. | Authorities say the registered owner of the car was not believed to have been driving when the crash took place. |
| She has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud, the Associated Press reported. | She has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud, the Associated Press reported. |
| The suspected driver, Julio Acevedo, 44, had been arrested last month on a charge of driving while under the influence, and previously served a decade in prison for manslaughter. | The suspected driver, Julio Acevedo, 44, had been arrested last month on a charge of driving while under the influence, and previously served a decade in prison for manslaughter. |
| Mr Abraham said the crash threw Mrs Glauber from the car and pinned her husband inside the taxi, forcing emergency workers to cut off the roof to get him out. | Mr Abraham said the crash threw Mrs Glauber from the car and pinned her husband inside the taxi, forcing emergency workers to cut off the roof to get him out. |
| Both were pronounced dead on arrival at hospital, but doctors were able to deliver the baby alive. | Both were pronounced dead on arrival at hospital, but doctors were able to deliver the baby alive. |
| Mr Abraham called the hit-and-run driver "a coward" who "should pay his price", adding that their community wants a homicide prosecution. | Mr Abraham called the hit-and-run driver "a coward" who "should pay his price", adding that their community wants a homicide prosecution. |
| He told the New York Daily News the baby boy would be circumcised and buried with his parents. | He told the New York Daily News the baby boy would be circumcised and buried with his parents. |