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Cab Driver Suffers Fatal Heart Attack, Crashes Into Tour Bus In TriBeCa

 A cabbie was on the road when he had a heart attack and hit another taxi, police said.
A cabbie was on the road when he had a heart attack and hit another taxi, police said.
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TRIBECA — A 68-year-old cabbie suffered a heart attack while driving in TriBeCa shortly before 11 a.m. on Sunday, then rear-ended a tour bus, police said.

The driver, Harry Laventure, was taken to New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital shortly after the crash, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

There were no injuries on the tour bus, which was driving past the corner of Murray and Church Street when it was hit by the yellow cab.