2 hospitalized after car hits taxi, slams into garage

Two men are hospitalized this evening after a car slammed into a garage in New Hempstead. Police say the accident happened at around 10 a.m. when a 72-year-old man rear-ended a taxi cab on Viola Road.

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2 hospitalized after car hits taxi, slams into garage

Two men are hospitalized this evening after a car slammed into a garage in New Hempstead. Police say the accident happened at around 10 a.m. when a 72-year-old man rear-ended a taxi cab on Viola Road.

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