Cincy cab driver, passenger killed in fiery crash

CINCINNATI (AP) — An SUV being pursued by police collided with taxi in a crash that killed the cab driver and his passenger, a blind woman on her way to catch a train to New York to care for her sick mother, the city’s police chief said today.

“There it is, boom!” Chief Tom Streicher said during a news conference while surveillance video of the crash was projected on a screen.

The video showed the sport utility vehicle clipping a car, then going airborne into the taxi, resulting in a flash of light upon impact.

“A spectacular crash,” Streicher said in summarizing the early moring wreck at a downtown intersection a couple blocks from the Procter & Gamble Co. corporate headquarters.

The SUV had sped off from a traffic stop, fleeing from officers at speeds estimated at least 60 mph, police said. Police followed proper procedures during the pursuit, observing traffic signals and stop signs, Streicher said.