Driver Kills 2 Women Pushing Baby Strollers
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A Jeep crashed into two women pushing babies in strollers across a Brooklyn street, killing the women and an infant girl and critically injuring a baby boy.
The driver was critically injured himself after careening over the back of a truck nine blocks away while trying to flee, police said.
Police said John Zappulla, 25, of Wantagh, struck a light pole, then traveled an additional seven blocks before speeding into an intersection where the women were pushing strollers side-by-side across the street.
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