New York Daily News

2 boys and a girl die in B’klyn crash

- BY ELLEN MOYNIHAN AND JOHN ANNESE

Two teenagers and an 11-yearold boy were killed in a horrific crash after their vehicle slammed into another one while both were skidding in circles at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field, cops said Sunday.

Police arrived at the grisly wreck just after 8:15 p.m. on Saturday, finding seven youngsters inside two mangled cars that had been doing doughnuts at the field. Three of the victims, Emil Badalov, 16, Margarita Sidgiyayev­a, 18, and Daniel Sidgiyayev­a, 11, died of their injuries.

All three were in a 2014 Kia Forte driven by Emil, cops said. Emil was headed south, near the North 40 Runway at the field in Marine Park, when a 2020 Toyota Camry going west smashed into him, cops said.

A fourth person in Emil’s car, a 17-year-old boy, is in critical condition at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn.

The Toyota’s driver, a 16year-old boy, suffered minor injuries, as did his two passengers, a 16-year-old girl and an 18year-old man.

Emil and the Sidgiyayev­as lived just a few blocks away from each other in Sheepshead Bay, and about 3 miles away from Floyd Bennett. Their families declined to comment Sunday. “We don’t want to speak to nobody, we don’t want to give any news. The family is shocked,” said a man sitting outside the Sidgiyayev­as’ home.

Margarita was Daniel’s big sister, and they were inseparabl­e, said a group of the teen’s schoolmate­s, gathered at a nearby park. “They were really close, they went everywhere together,” said Nicole Shmerkin, 14. “[Daniel] was really shy and nice.”

Daniel had just finished seventh grade at Cunningham Junior High School, his classmates said. Another classmate, Sabina, 14, told the Daily News, “He didn’t get to experience a lot. He still had more to live.”

Margarita and Emil went to James Madison High School, and were dating, the schoolmate­s said. She graduated June 24. “Imagine your mom hearing that news,” Sabina said. “Supporting them throughout your childhood, especially the girl. She just graduated high school.”

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