A horrific Sunday crash has left 9-month twins hospitalized. A livery cab crashed into a minivan that was double parked on Fourth Avenue near 44th Street in Sunset Park, and then the minivan crashed into a legally parked pickup truck. The truck was pushed onto the sidewalk, hitting little Gustavo and Daniel Machuca, whose family was getting them ready to get into the truck.
The babies' mom, Patricia Machuca, was also badly injured. According to the Daily News, she has "stitches and bruises snaking across her face." But she's most worried about her sons—Gustavo is in critical condition at Cohen Children's Medical Center while Daniel is in stable condition at Lutheran—who she hasn't been able to see yet, "I think the little one [Daniel] is okay, but to be honest, I'm not sure... They took one of them [Gustavo] to a different hospital. They needed to check him out, because he had a fracture in his skull."
She, the babies, and her husband had been visiting relatives in the Brooklyn neighborhood and were about to head back to Baltimore when the crash occurred. The livery cab driver was charged with "driving without a license, reckless driving and imprudent speed."
