Former UWS Couple Killed In Thanksgiving Crash In CT: Reports

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY —The couple killed in a Connecticut car crash on Thanksgiving night had recently moved from the Upper West Side to Scarsdale, according to multiple reports including the NY Post.

Toby Cohen, 41, and Brook Cohen-Peltz, 37, — both of whom were lawyers — moved from the city in August after Cohen-Peltz stepped down from her job at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office after more than a decade, a spokesperson for the prosecutor told the NY Post.

The couple were killed in the single-car accident near the Bristol and Farmington town line in Connecticut, officials said. Their three small children who were inside the car were also injured, police said.

Police said they responded to the scene on Stevens Street in Bristol, where the car was found off the road. An initial investigation indicated that the car traveled down one road before crossing onto another then leaving the roadway, hitting a sign and tress before continuing into the woods, according to police.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

The children — 6-year-old twin boys and a 2-year-old girl named Jake, Cooper, and Addison— were taken to the hospital in stable but critical condition, the West Side Rag reported. According to a GoFundMe campaign to support the family of the couple, the children were still in the hospital as of Sunday.

"To honor Brooke and Toby’s memory and legacy, and with the permission of both families, we have established this fundraiser to support Jake, Cooper, and Addison," reads the GoFundMe's description. "We are raising funds to be used directly to support the kids’ care now and as they grow up. We hope to make a lasting difference in their lives and provide all we can after this tremendous loss. They have so much life ahead of them."

As of Wednesday afternoon, the campaign had raised $292,901 of its $500,000 goal.