《60分钟》资深记者西蒙丧生车祸

Award-winning CBS News correspondent Bob Simon, who covered many of the world\'s major conflict zones over a five-decade career, was killed Wednesday night in a car crash in New York City. He was 73 years old.

Authorities say Simon was a passenger in a car that struck another vehicle, then veered into metal barriers separating traffic lanes.

Simon joined CBS News in 1967, covering campus demonstrations and inner city riots. His time as a war correspondent began in 1971, when he was sent to Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War, and was on one of the last helicopters to leave the besieged city as the U.S. withdrew in 1975.

Simon spent 20 years as CBS News\' chief Middle East correspondent beginning in 1987. He and three of his colleagues were captured by Iraqi forces at the start of the Persian Gulf War in January 1991, and spent 40 days in captivity. He also covered conflicts in Northern Ireland, Yugoslavia and Portugal.

He later became a regular correspondent for the network\'s news magazine show "60 Minutes" and its short-lived spinoff, "60 Minutes II." Simon won numerous prestigious journalism awards during his career, including 27 Emmys.

纽约警方说，西蒙当时乘坐的一辆轿车冲撞了另一辆车后，转向撞上了金属交通隔离栏。

西蒙1967年加入哥伦比亚广播公司，曾报道过校园抗议和内城骚乱等重要事件。1971年，他在越南战争期间，作为战地记者前往西贡。1975年美军从越南撤离时，他乘坐最后一架直升机离开被围困的西贡。

自1987年起，西蒙在20年间任CBS驻中东首席记者。1991年1月海湾战争刚刚爆发时，他与3名同事被伊拉克军方扣押了40天。他还报道过北爱尔兰、南斯拉夫和葡萄牙的冲突事件。

他后来成为CBS新闻杂志节目《60分钟》及其时间不长的续集《60分钟II》的常任记者。西蒙在其新闻生涯中获得过大量奖项，其中包括27项艾美奖。