Car Slides off Top of Long Island Parking Garage, Wife Killed, Husband Escapes
On the morning of February 13, 2008, a husband and wife wallpaper-hanging team from Nesconset, Long Island, were driving to work together to an office complex in New Hyde Park. While trying to park on the roof of a partially constructed parking garage, the couples’ SUV hit a patch of ice.
Julie Simon, 46, and Charles Simon, 47, faced unspeakable terror as their vehicle, filled with wallpaper and scaffolding, slid across the ice, crashed through a metal cable and teetered over the edge of the garage.
Charles Simon was able to escape the SUV, but Julie couldn’t remove her seatbelt in time. The SUV plummeted some three stories – about 40 feet – to the muddy ground below and landed on its roof, killing Julie.
The Simons worked together as unionized wallpaper hangers. The couple, born-again Christians, had no children and were inseparable.
