美國單身母親不堪重負 載3個孩子沉河自殺

An upstate mother drove her minivan straight into the Hudson River last night--killing herself and three of her young children in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said.
昨晚，一名紐約母親駕車駛入哈德遜河自殺，車上三名孩子一同喪生。

The woman, whose name was not released, had earlier been involved in a domestic dispute.
官方尚未透漏該位母親姓名，她之前發生了家庭爭吵。

The tragic youngsters were 2- and 5-year-old boys and an 11-month-old girl.
悲劇的孩子們是她2歲、5歲的兒子和11個月大的女兒。

Moments before her shocking plunge, at around 8 p.m., the woman let her 10-year-old son exit the car. The boy watched in horror as the car went off a boat ramp into the river. The child ran to a nearby fire station and alerted firefighters, Chief Michael Vatter said.
官員稱，晚上8點左右，在她駕車自殺前不久，這位母親讓自己十歲的大兒子下了車。孩子親眼目睹了媽媽駕車順着坡道駛入河中，立刻就跑去附近消防局報警。

Newburgh Police Chief Michael Ferrara said the tragedy took place 10 minutes after cops responded to the family's home for a domestic incident, the Times Herald-Record said. But when cops arrived at the William Street apartment -- a few blocks from where the vehicle was later found -- no one was home.
官員稱，悲劇發生前10分鐘，警方正好去這這一家家裏處理家庭矛盾問題。但是警察到達距出事地點不遠的公寓時，他們家中空無一人。

Emergency responders searched for about an hour before finding the vehicle, submerged at the end of the ramp.
緊急事故處理人員花了近1小時搜尋落水車輛，落水點就在坡道尾部。

The four occupants were dead."It's a horrible sight, all of them in the car," Ferrara told the paper.
車上四人全部喪生。負責的官員對媒體透露：“看起來太慘了，他們都在車上。”