Van plunges off NY road into zoo grounds; 7 killed

NEW YORK — An out-of-control van careered across sev­eral lanes of traf­fic on a high­way over­pass Sun­day, then plunged more than 50 feet off the side of the road and landed in a ravine on the grounds of the nation’s largest city zoo, killing all seven peo­ple aboard, includ­ing three chil­dren, author­i­ties said.