An out-of-control van careered across several lanes of traffic on a highway overpass Sunday, then plunged more than 50 feet (15 meters) off the side of the road and landed in a ravine on the grounds of the nation s largest city zoo, killing all seven people aboard, including three children, authorities said.
The van apparently flipped over a 4-foot (1.2-meter)-high iron fence before landing upside-down on the Bronx Zoo property. The cause of the crash was unclear, and a city official said the guardrail s height would be one of the safety issues investigated.
The victims were three girls, including a 12-year-old and a 10-year-old, an 84-year-old man and three women, ages 80, 45 and 30, the Fire Department of New York said. Their names weren t immediately released.
The van was headed south on the highway that cuts through a working-class neighborhood when it bounced off the median, crossed all southbound lanes and hit the guardrail, police said.
It s not clear what caused the van to go out of control. The southbound side of the highway was closed briefly Sunday afternoon while police investigated.
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