(JTA) — A New York Jewish couple was killed in a hit-and-run accident on the way to the hospital to have their first baby, who survived.
Nachman and Raizi Glauber, 21-year-old Satmar hasidim from Brooklyn, were killed late Saturday night while riding in a cab to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. The driver and passenger of the car that hit the cab fled on foot and have not been identified, the New York Post reported.
The couple died of head injuries, according to the newspaper. The baby was born in the hospital and was in serious condition, but was expected to survive.
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