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Mystery crash: car found on Whitestone Expy embankment

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A worker climbs back up a ladder after surveying the vehicle. Photo by Christina Santucci
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Police stop traffic on the Whitestone Expressway as the car is lifted out of the embankment. Photo by Christina Santucci
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Vehicles drive along the Whitestone Expressway as emergeny responders work to remove a vehicle that went through a barrier and down the expressway embankment and collided with a tree. Photo by Christina Santucci
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The car's roof appears dented from where the way it had collided with a tree. Photo by Christina Santucci
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Emergency officials carefully lifted the car from the Whitestone Expressway embankment. Photo by Christina Santucci
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Emergency responders watch as the vehicle is transported on 14th Avenue. Photo by Christina Santucci
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Fire officials said that the FDNY completed their work with the vehicle at 10:23 a.m. Photo by Christina Santucci

Emergency responders said they discovered a car that had broken through a barrier on 14th Avenue and collided with a tree above the Whitestone Expressway at about 9 a.m. Sunday. Officials at the scene said that they found no one in the vehicle when they first arrived.

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