Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Ambassador Killed in Auto Accident
From Times staff and Wire reports
Ruth Washington, the newly appointed ambassador to Gambia, was killed in an auto accident involving a drunk driver, police in Greenburgh, N.Y., said. Washington, 67, was killed when a car crossed the center line and struck her car head-on, said Sgt. Robert Brown. The other driver was hospitalized in critical condition.
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