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A newborn baby who was delivered after his parents were killed in a car accident has died, New York Police Department has said

The baby boy died from injuries overnight at New York's Bellevue Hospital, a spokesman said.

His parents, Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, were on their way to the hospital on Sunday when they were killed.

The couple's funeral took place yesterday, in keeping with Orthodox Jewish tradition.

Police are continuing their search for a hit-and-run driver who fled the scene and his female passenger.

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Police in New York are still looking for a hit-and-run driver involved in a collision which killed expectant parents and, later, their baby boy.

Parents Nachy and Raizy Glauber, both 21, were in a taxi travelling to hospital when it was hit by a grey BMW in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Police said a male driver and his passenger fled the scene on foot.

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A baby born after his parents were killed in a New York car crash has also died, according to CBS New York.

Doctors had delivered the baby shortly after his seven-months pregnant mother, 21-year-old Raizy Gauber, died in a hit-and-run collision whilst being driven to hospital.

• Earlier: Baby delivered after expectant parents killed in crash

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An Australian billionaire has unveiled plans to build Titanic II, which will be a full size replica of the original passenger liner which sank on its voyage from Southampton to New York in 1912.

Work on the ship is due to start later this year in China and her maiden voyage is expected to take place in 2016 from Southampton to New York.

So far, some 40,000 people have expressed interest to go on the ship.

Clive Palmer, the man behind the plans, has come under some criticism for remaking the ship.

The ship will have a replica ornate staircase, Turkish baths, smoking rooms, and even the same "Marconi room" where the Titanic sent out its final SOS over 100 years ago.

Passengers will also be provided with early-20th-century-style clothes and undergarments in their cabins.

Read: For more on Titanic II and further details of its launch visit ITV Meridian.

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The former New York mayor Ed Koch has died at the age of 88, NBC News is reporting.

He was mayor between 1978 and 1989, famously pulling the city out of severe financial difficulties.

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Passengers who had boarded the 141-foot Seastreak Wall Street in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, and were queued up to disembark in New York, were thrown to its deck by the impact of the hard landing.

People were thrown through the air as the commuter ferry slammed into a pier, according to passenger Brett Cebulash, 50, an attorney who regularly rides the ferry, which has a monthly commuting cost of $655 (£409).

People who were standing up flew because of the impact.It was a normal morning, we were rolling into the dock and then they hit something. There was a sudden impact

The boat was travelling on calm waters at between 10 to 12 knots, or about 11.5 to 14 miles per hour when it crashed into the pier, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said.

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Moments after a commuter ferry slammed into a New York pier the captain screamed 'call 911,' an eyewitness said.

"The front of the boat hit the corner of the barge, ripping the right side of the catamaran. It pulled up and the captain screamed 'call 911'," the witness told AP News.

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