BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Police have released new details on Saturday after a deadly Belt Parkway crash that killed three teenagers.
Huzayfah Makharesh, 18, Konstantin Gerantidi, 17, and Abdul Rehman,16, were killed when their vehicle was rear-ended on the Belt Parkway near 86 Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday just after 11:30 p.m., authorities said.
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Makharesh, who was behind the wheel, had encountered a slow-moving vehicle in the center lane of the parkway and had decelerated behind it, officials reported. However, a 46-year-old woman driving a 2024 Honda SUV was unable to slow down in time and crashed into Makharesh’s 2022 Cadillac SUV, according to police.
Both drivers lost control and ran into a guard rail on the south side of the roadway, causing Makharesh, Gerantidi and Rehman to be ejected from the vehicle, authorities said.
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The three teens, as well as the driver and passenger of the Honda SUV, were all taken to a local hospital, where the teens were pronounced dead. Two other teenagers aged 16 and 18 were taken to a separate hospital, where they were expected to survive…