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Tom Brokaw And Wife Involved In Fatal NYC Car Accident In The Bronx

The Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx was the scene of a deadly NYC highway accident last Friday afternoon – and accident that involved two cars, a mail truck, and former NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw and his wife, Meredith. The New York City Police Department said that their initial investigation revealed the fatal car accident was caused by a loose spool of cable on the highway.

The Bronx car accident occurred around one in the afternoon, when the Brokaws were driving in the left lane and spotted the cable in the roadway in the right lane. When an SUV merged left to avoid the cable, it forced a mail truck into the far left lane, where it collided with the car owned by the 69-year-old newscaster. The mail truck jumped the highway median, with the US Postal Service worker suffering some injuries. The Brokaw’s Volvo attempted to stop, but slid across the median as well and slid into the mail truck.

The SUV also crashed due to the spool, and the driver, Suejas Estrada, 30, from the Bronx was thrown from the vehicle. It is not know whether Estrada was wearing a seat belt at the time of the car accident.

The Brokaws told reporters that they were “deeply saddened by the loss of life” that took place at the accident scene. Neither were injured in the accident.

The NYC car accident caused backups for several hours where the Bruckner Expressway merges with the Sheridan Expressway.

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