Bronx Zoo SUV plunge: Father who lost family says, ‘I want to die’

"I lost my family," said Juan Gonzalez, whose wife and 10-year-old daughter were killed in the crash, according to the New York Post. "What can I say? I don't want to be here. I want to die."

Gonzalez's wife, Maria, a Fordham University staffer, was driving her 10-year-old daughter, 85-year-old father, 81-year-old mother, 35-year-old sister and two nieces (ages 3 and 7) to a party at her sister's Bronx home when she lost control of the vehicle, police said.

The vehicle flew off an elevated portion of the parkway near the Bronx Zoo at about 12:30 p.m. local time, authorities said. It's not clear what caused the crash.

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Ouch. To say this poor man had a tragic day is the understatement of the year. He lost his wife, daughter, mom, dad, sister and her 2 kids and he managed to survive. That's absolutely sad. I don't blame this guy at all and i expect to see an article about him taking his own life in the days to come because I'd be hard pressed to not want to end myself if i were in his shoes. This is like looking into your future and seeing...nothing at all. I can't even begin to imagine what he is going through.

If this were to ever happen to me I would want to die as well. This is unimaginable and I can't even imagine what he is feeling at the moment.

Guess it was their time to go...
what a tragic way to go though.