A speeding SUV flying down a Queens street at more than 85 mph smashed into a concrete stanchion yesterday — killing two children and three women and injuring three other passengers, law-enforcement sources said.
The scene was so horrific, “one of the firemen cried as he looked at the children’s bodies,” said witness Ray Cortez, 52.
None of the victims was identified, but all eight are related and have roots in the Nigerian town of Arondizuogu.
They were crammed into an SUV that seats seven and were believed to be heading to The Bronx from an immigrants’ dinner at a local banquet hall.
The speedometer was found broken reading 85 mph, sources said.
The 2008 black Mercedes blew two red lights on Atlantic Avenue before the driver lost control, bounced off a fence and hit a concrete pillar supporting the JFK AirTrain. The SUV flipped several times and burst into flames.
Rescuers used the Jaws of Life to free the victims while they fought the blaze.
They pulled two boys, 7 and 9, from the rear window. The older boy died.
An 8-year-old girl was ejected and found dead about 10 feet away.
One of the fatally injured women was pinned under the vehicle. Rescuers used airbags to lift it off her.
Two other women died in the SUV.
The survivors were the woman who was driving, the 7-year-old, and a 26-year-old Detroit man who was ejected and found sitting on the curb.
Bronx resident Evelyn Anyaogu, 68, said her cousin Nnanna Obioha of Michigan, had died.
“Nobody’s coping,’’ Anyaogu said. “How do you cope? It’s not one death. It’s not two, three, four. [It’s] five!”
It was unclear if the passengers had been wearing seat belts.
“It looked like the driver was the only one with a seat belt,’’ said witness Victor Lopez, 66.
“There was blood and smoke all over. I saw the children’s bodies under sheets.”
Wellington Okoro didn’t know which of his relatives had survived.
“There’s nothing we can do,’’ he said. “My mind is blank right now. I don’t know who is who. I don’t know who is dead.”
Leena Dhaliwal, who works at the banquet hall, said those at the dinner were “pleasant, educated people’’ who drank little.
Additional reporting by Julia Marsh and Larry Celona