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Two dead after car hits utility pole

Loring Road in Levittown
Loring Road in Levittown
Photo courtesy of Casey Fahrer

A car crash in Levittown Sunday left two people dead, according to police.

Gerhard Frobart, 89, was reportedly driving a 2001 Ford Taurus on Loring Road at 5:30 p.m. when his vehicle hit a utility pole, police said. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, 88-year-old Ella Gimpel, was transported to a local hospital before succumbing to her injuries, according to reports.

Frobart was a Farmingdale resident while Gimpel lived in East Meadow, police said.  There were no other injuries in the accident.