Veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Bob Simon was killed when his livery cab crashed on the West Side Highway in Manhattan Wednesday night, sources said.
The CBS reporter died when the Lincoln Town Car he was riding in crashed with a Mercedes and then lost control and plowed into a pedestrian expansion near 30th Street at about 7 p.m., according to sources.
Cops had to cut off the top of the Lincoln to free Simon and the driver, who, according to a law enforcement sources, was treated for a possible heart attack by EMTs.
The driver of the Mercedes said the livery driver was driving erratically.
“He swerved into me,” the driver said. “He hit me and he looked like he lost control of the car.”
Simon was taken to St.Luke’s where he died.
The former war correspondent joined 60 Minutes in 1996.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I guess Tracey Morgans driver found another driving gig.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

No matter how good you think you got life by the balls it only takes a second. Carpe Diem.

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I knew he was a good reporter and enjoyed his stories but he had quite a resume...

Simon joined CBS in 1967 as a reporter and editor based in New York. He went on to report from all over the world.

Simon covered the war in Vietnam and was on one of the last helicopters out of Saigon, according to his CBS News biography.

In 1991, he was captured by Iraqi forces at the start of the Gulf War. Simon and three colleagues spent 40 days in prison, an experience he later wrote about in his book "Forty Days."

Among his many awards are four Peabodys, 27 Emmys and the Overseas Press Club's highest honor for a body of work, the biography read.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami