Stunning Images of Hasidic Jews Gathering on the Streets of Brooklyn for Two Lives Gone Too Soon

The emotional funerals of an young Orthodox Jewish couple who both died in a horrific hit-and-run car crash, but were survived by their premature baby son, took place on Sunday afternoon. The driver of a BMW slammed into the car carrying Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, at an intersection in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.The seven-months pregnant woman was feeling ill so headed to hospital with her husband early Sunday when the car they were riding in was hit, killing them both. Their baby boy was delivered by emergency caesarean and survived, yet remains in a serious condition in hospital. Jewish law calls for burial of the dead as soon as possible, and hours after their deaths, the Glaubers were mourned at a funeral on Sunday. 

 Jewish law calls for burial of the dead as soon as possible, and hours after their deaths, the Glaubers were mourned at an emotional funeral on Sunday.

 The funerals of the young Orthodox Jewish couple, both 21, who died in a horrific car crash took place on Sunday.

 Rabbi Zalman Teitelbau, leader of the Satmar Orthodox Jewish community, speaks during the funerals surrounded by members of the community

 The Satmar community gathered to pay respects to the coffins of the couple

 Dozens gathered shoulder to shoulder on the street outside, men in hats and women in shawls or head coverings, nearly everyone in black

The services were held in Brooklyn - home to the largest community of ultra-orthodox Jews outside Israel

A crowd of hasidic Jews gathered in front of the Brooklyn, New York, synagogue where funeral services were held Sunday

  After the funeral began, a speaker sobbed uncontrollably, his voice choked with grief and echoing over loudspeakers set up outside

There was shock at the funeral services of Nachman and Raizy Glauber, who were survived by their seven-month-old son