Driver in crash that killed John Nash had only been a cabbie for 2 weeks ... - NJ.com
The taxi driver who lost control of his vehicle — causing the crash that killed famed mathematician John Nash Jr. and wife Alicia — had only been on the job for two weeks, the New York Post reports. It quotes cab driver Tarek Girgis's 19-year-old son, Kerolos Girgis, saying his father previously drove an ice cream truck and had just "started a new company. As reported by NJ Advance Media Sunday , State Police said the Nashes were in a taxi traveling southbound in the left lane of the New Jersey Turnpike when Tarek Girgis lost control of his Ford Crown Victoria as he tried to pass a Chrysler in the... The cab crashed into a guard rail near Interchange 8A in Monroe Township, ejecting the Nashes. The Chrysler also crashed into the guard rail, State Police have said. According to police, The driver of the New York registered Concorde, Lisa Farrell-Hoyte, 41, of Bronx, N. Y. , was not injured. The Post quoted the driver's son saying his father had "many stitches" in both arms but hadn't spoken yet about the crash, though the son say his father didn't know he was driving the famous 86-year-old mathematician. Nash and his wife were in good spirits in the last hours of their lives, said another leading mathematician who had just returned with the couple from Norway after receiving more accolades. Source: www.nj.com
