Blake Gary, 22, and James Montague, 21, died after a Toyota Corolla slammed into a fire hydrant in Hollis, Queens, and broke in two upon impact.
Two young men were killed in a horrific car crash in New York City that left the vehicle split in half.
James Montague, 21, and Blake Gary, 22, died after a Toyota Corolla slammed into a fire hydrant in Hollis, Queens, and broke in two upon impact, with the front half flying 50 feet into a neighbor’s yard.
A third person in the car fled the scene on foot, although police said it remains unclear whether he was the one driving at the time of the crash, police said.
He has been taken into custody, where he is being questioned by the police, Officer Tiffany Phillips told the Dailymail.com.
Witness Titus Francis told NBC: ‘I heard the squeal of tires and then I just heard a loud boom.’
The car careened down 100th Avenue near 205th Place around 1am on Saturday when it slammed into a fire hydrant, and split in two upon impact.
Gary was pronounced dead at the scene, while Montague died in the hospital.
The front half of the car flew 50 feet, knocked down part of a chain link fence across the street, and ended up in Sadie Yarbrough’s yard.
She told the New York Post: ‘When I came to the door, I saw half of a car in my yard. Had I not had the fence up, they would’ ve come directly to my house.’
Gary’s younger sister paid tribute to the 22-year-old, saying: ‘He always put others put before himself. and he valued his family a lot.’
Montague’s brother Keith Ford remembered Montague as ‘the best brother you could ask for’, and said the 21-year-old hoped to attend college and pursue a future in forensics.
