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Limo Failed Inspection Before Horrific Crash, Driver Lacked Proper License


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Claire Lampen

Published Oct 9, 2018

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Schoharie County Sheriff Ronald Stevens,left, New York State Sen. James Seward,center, and Rep. John Faso, R-N.Y.,speak to reporters at the scene of Saturday's fatal limousine crash in Schoharie, N.Y., . A limousine loaded with revelers heading to a 30th birthday slammed into an SUV parked outside a store, killing all people in the limo and two pedestrians.<br>
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