NEWBURGH, N.Y., April 13 (UPI) -- A woman drove her minivan into the Hudson River, killing herself and her three young children, police in Newburgh, N.Y., said Wednesday.
Police identified the mother as Lashandra Armstrong, 25, the Middletown Times Herald-Record reported.
Police divers found her and two boys, ages 5 and 2, and an 11-month-old girl dead inside the van around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
By the time rescuers arrived at the scene, the vehicle was several yards from shore and underwater. A tow truck was needed to retrieve it.
At a City Hall news conference, police said a 10-year-old boy apparently crawled out through a window, somehow got to shore and was picked up by a passerby, who took him to a fire station.
The woman had apparently driven off a boat ramp near Gully's floating restaurant.
"It's a horrible sight, all of them in the car, Newburgh Police Chief Michael Ferrara said.
Ferrara said the incident may have been related to a domestic dispute called in around 7:45 p.m. Police have spoken with Jean Pierre, father of the three younger children, but no charges have been filed.
Newburgh is 60 miles north of New York City.
