"New Year's Day Tragedy: Five Fatalities in Queens Cross Island Parkway Collision"

Five people were killed in a car crash on the Cross Island Parkway in Queens, New York, when a Mazda SUV overturned after a collision with a Honda Pilot. The incident occurred early Monday morning near a notorious bend known as "dead man's curve." The driver of the Honda was hospitalized in stable condition, while the five occupants of the Mazda were pronounced dead at the scene. The crash led to a seven-hour closure of the northbound lanes for investigation. The identities of the deceased and the cause of the crash are still under investigation.