Williamsburg, NY - Couple en Route to Hospital for 1st Baby, Killed by Hit & Run Driver
Williamsburg, NY - A young couple who had taken a car service to a hospital for the birth of their first child were killed en route in a hit and run early Sunday, but their baby boy survived, born prematurely, authorities and a neighbor said.
The driver of a BMW slammed into the car carrying Nathan and Raizy Glauber, both 21, at an intersection in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, said Isaac Abraham, a neighbor of Raizy Glauber’s parents who lives two blocks from the scene of the crash. Both of the Glaubers were pronounced dead at hospitals, police said.
Their infant son was in serious condition at a hospital, said Abraham, and the driver of their car was in stable condition, police said.
Both the driver of the vehicle that hit the couple’s car and a passenger fled and are being sought, police said.
The Glaubers were Orthodox Jews, and Abraham often speaks publicly for the different sects in the ultra-orthodox community, which has strict rules governing clothing, social customs and interaction with the outside world. Men wear dark clothing that includes a long coat and a fedora-type hat and often have long beards and ear locks.
Abraham called the couple’s death “a tragedy beyond (belief) just coming off a joyous holiday as Purim” as they were getting ready to welcome their first child.
Brooklyn is home to the largest community of ultra-orthodox Jews outside Israel, more than 250,000.The funeral is scheduled to place today, at 2:00 PM EST at the Satmar synagogue in Willliamsburg at 152 Rodney Street.
The driver of the BMW ran away from the scene and is being sought by police. The driver of the livery cab that was taking the couple to the hospital is in stable condition at Bellevue.