Crash kills teacher (NYC)

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I am posting this because it is horrible.

Parked, hit by joyriding teens

By ETHAN SACKS
and ROBERT F. MOORE
DAILY NEWS WRITERS


Diane Newton, a teacher killed while sitting in her car early Sunday, and her fiancé, Major Farrish.

A schoolteacher waiting in a parked car for her fiancé in Harlem was killed when three teens joyriding in an SUV sent her vehicle spinning onto a sidewalk, cops said yesterday.
Diane Newton, 41, of the Bronx suffered seven broken ribs - including one that pierced her heart.

"Something's got to be done about this," said Major Farrish, 42, who had planned to marry the fourth-grade teacher and mother on Sept. 27 in the Dominican Republic. "Three kids go joyriding, and a good woman is dead."

While Newton's friends and family mourned her death, the mother of the teen who allegedly swiped the SUV from his stepfather lashed out at her son.
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http://nydailynews.com/front/story/325302p-277998c.html

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1. Diane Newton was quite a woman.

Going from crossing guard to teacher takes determination. And hope.

Jamal trashed his entire life at 18. Why?