British woman and her two daughters killed in New York after car crashes into them

A British woman and her two daughters died when an overturned car crashed into them while crossing a road in New York.

The blue Audi rested on its roof with its lights blinking on Ocean Parkway, a boulevard running through the Midwood area of Brooklyn, on Saturday.

It had allegedly sped through a red light, hitting an Uber and flipping over before ploughing into Natasha Saada and her three children.

Natasha, 34, died along with Diana and Debra, aged eight and five. Her four-year-old son Philip survived with critical injuries.

Members of the city’s Orthodox Jewish community, Natasha had been raised in Mill Hill, north London.

‘The whole community is grief-stricken’, Yitzchak Schochet, rabbi of Mill Hill Synagogue, told Jewish News. He travelled to Jerusalem for the funeral on Monday night.

‘Natasha grew up in Mill Hill and is fondly remembered by many. They are a beautiful family and we are all mourning along with them.’

Miriam Yarimi, a 32-year-old wigmaker who was driving the Audi, has been charged with three counts of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault, and reckless driving.

Her licence was suspended at the time of the crash. She has previously shared pictures online of her stood next to the Audi, with its number plate saying ‘WIGM8KER’.

A woman who was left with bruises after the Uber she was travelling in with her kids was hit. Initially, she feared her own children were dead when she saw bodies lying in the road.

Mahbuba Ahmedova, 35, told NYPost: ‘I got knocked out [from the impact]. When I opened my eyes, I saw two kids were killed, and I thought they were my kids. But my kids were sitting down.’

Candles and flowers have been left near the scene of the crash.

One hand-written note says: ‘Rest in the most beautiful peace, dear family.’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams called the crash ‘tragic’. He visited Sidney Saada – Natasha’s husband and the girl’s father – to pay his condolences.

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