The boat ramp in Newburgh, N.Y., where Lashanda Amrstrong, 25,
and three of her children
were found dead
in a submerged minivan she
drove into the Hudson River. It took divers
an hour to
find it in the darkness.
(Credit: Mike Segar/Reuters)
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Rescue workers in Newburgh, N.Y., searched the scene where a woman
drove her minivan into
the Hudson River
on Tuesday night, killing
herself and three of her children.
(John C. Miller/Times Herald-Record, via Associated Press)
![](../images/armstrong-lashanda/lashanda-armstrong-funeral.jpg)
Jean Pierre and Datrice Armstrong, the mother of LaShanda
Armstrong are led from the funeral.
The victims
![](../images/armstrong-lashanda/lance-pierre.jpg)
Eleven-month-old Laianna Pierre and her two-year-old brother,
Lance Pierre,
both died in the incident.
![](../images/armstrong-lashanda/lashaun-armstrong.jpg)
Lashaun Armstrong, who escaped from the crash, holding his
brother, Landen Pierre.