Source: Washington Post
NEW YORK — The 4-year-old daughter of a Tony-award winning actress was killed along with a 1-year-old when a driver apparently lost control of her vehicle and slammed into them as they crossed a Brooklyn street.
Ruthie Ann Blumenstein, who goes by the stage name Ruthie Ann Miles, was injured in the collision Monday in the Park Slope neighborhood.
Her daughter Abigail was killed. Blumenstein, who is pregnant, was walking with friend Lauren Lew, who had 1-year-old Joshua in a stroller. He died and Lew was also injured.A 46-year-old man was also struck by the car and was expected to survive. He and the two women were hospitalized.
Lew’s father, William Durston, who lives in Hawaii, told the Daily News of New York that he spoke with her.
“I’m concerned about her health and her mental well-being,” he said.
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