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Nun Killed in Harlem Getaway Car Accident, Four Others Injured

An arrest after a mugging by the NYPD went terribly wrong on Tuesday, June 22, when two of the robbers being questions sped off in a getaway car, quickly crashing into a minivan and a crowd of pedestrians in Harlem. An elderly nun was killed in the New York City car accident while four other people were injured. Three people remain in the hospital, two of which suffered life threatening injures.

According to CBS News, Columbia laws student 21-year-old Krishan Thakker was robbed at gunpoint of his backpack earlier in the day by suspects 20-year-old Dyson Williams and18-year-old William Robbins. When the New York Police saw the men later in the day, they attempted to stop them and arrest them. However, while authorities were arresting the driver, the two other men in the car took the wheel and attempted to escape.

The car managed to drive a few blocks, hit a minivan, spin, and strike four pedestrians. Harlem nun, 84-year-old Sister Mary Celine Graham was among the pedestrians struck by the car. She died of her car accident injuries.

Williams has been charged with second-degree murder and robbery, while Robbins, who was arrested before the NY car accident, has been charged with armed robbery.

Both Thakker and the police involved are wondering what they could have done differently in order to stop this tragic pedestrian accident – perhaps the perpetrators are also wondering about the choices they made on Tuesday.

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