Police said five people were killed Monday morning when the car they were flipped over on the Cross Island Parkway in Queens.
The tragic New Year's Day crash occurred when a Mazda sedan traveling northbound "at a high rate of speed" smacked a curb and turned over, law enforcement sources said.
Police responded to the 6 a.m. crash near Exit 6 and found a Honda SUV, also heading north, had struck the Mazda.
The police sources said three adults were ejected "on impact." Two additional victims were discovered and pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Honda was injured in the crash and taken to a local hospital. He was expected to survive.
"This is not the first or second time that this has occurred on this bend. They call it the dead man’s curve for a reason," Whitestone resident Mike DiMarco said.
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"We’ve been asking for blinker lights and warn people the dangers that occur because people who’ve never traveled this road, they look at it and by the time it comes on you can’t react to it," Frank Steele, who also lives nearby, said.
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It's unclear if the driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash. The NYPD investigation is ongoing.
