NEW YORK — Five children who perished over the weekend in a horrific Westchester parkway car crash — including the underage, unlicensed driver — were part of a family being investigated by Connecticut’s child welfare agency, officials said.
Investigators piecing together the accident are still trying to figure out why six minors — a 9-year-old boy survived — were in the rented SUV without adult supervision when the vehicle veered off a winding section of the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale early Sunday and crashed into a large rock and a tree before bursting into flames.
Officials said the victims, ages 8 to 17, were all related, and were on their way to Connecticut when the 16-year-old driver became distracted or fell asleep behind the wheel at about 12:20 a.m.
