Baby born after mother killed in car crash dies
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March 5, 2013, Tuesday
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A baby delivered after his parents were killed in a New York City hit-and-run accident died early yesterday.
Isaac Abraham, a spokesman for the city's conservative Orthodox Jewish community, said the infant had been in serious condition after doctors performed a cesarean section on his mother to deliver him.
Police were searching for the driver of a BMW and a passenger who fled on foot after slamming into a cab, killing the young pregnant woman and her husband on the way to a hospital.
"This guy's a coward and he should pay his price," said Abraham, adding that the community wants a homicide prosecution.
Police said the registered owner of the BMW, Takia Walk who was not in the car, was charged with insurance fraud. Walk, 29, was arrested on Sunday.
The ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, the largest outside of Israel, wept at the couple's funeral on Sunday, just hours after the couple's deaths. Jewish law calls for burial of the dead as soon as possible.
Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, had been looking forward to welcoming their first child.
In the crash, the cab's engine ended up in the backseat, where Raizy, who was seven months pregnant, was sitting before she was ejected. Her body landed under a parked truck, witnesses said. Nachman was pinned in the car, and emergency workers had to cut off the roof to get him out.
Both were pronounced dead at hospitals, and the medical examiner said blunt-force trauma was the cause.
The baby weighed only about 1.8 kilograms.
Isaac Abraham, a spokesman for the city's conservative Orthodox Jewish community, said the infant had been in serious condition after doctors performed a cesarean section on his mother to deliver him.
Police were searching for the driver of a BMW and a passenger who fled on foot after slamming into a cab, killing the young pregnant woman and her husband on the way to a hospital.
"This guy's a coward and he should pay his price," said Abraham, adding that the community wants a homicide prosecution.
Police said the registered owner of the BMW, Takia Walk who was not in the car, was charged with insurance fraud. Walk, 29, was arrested on Sunday.
The ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, the largest outside of Israel, wept at the couple's funeral on Sunday, just hours after the couple's deaths. Jewish law calls for burial of the dead as soon as possible.
Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, had been looking forward to welcoming their first child.
In the crash, the cab's engine ended up in the backseat, where Raizy, who was seven months pregnant, was sitting before she was ejected. Her body landed under a parked truck, witnesses said. Nachman was pinned in the car, and emergency workers had to cut off the roof to get him out.
Both were pronounced dead at hospitals, and the medical examiner said blunt-force trauma was the cause.
The baby weighed only about 1.8 kilograms.
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