Crash that killed 20 highlights safety problems with stretch limousines

The horrific limousine crash that killed 18 people celebrating a birthday and two pedestrians over the weekend in upstate New York renewed questions over the safety and regulation of the stretch vehicles.
The 2001 Ford Excursion limousine involved in the deadly crash was “a chopped vehicle,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday, meaning it had been cut from a passenger vehicle and extended.
The limousine also did not have a certification that it had been extended “i