《60分鐘》資深記者西蒙喪生車禍大綱

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.

美國哥倫比亞廣播公司（CBS）資深記者鮑勃•西蒙星期三晚上在紐約市死於車禍，終年73歲。西蒙在50多年的新聞生涯中，曾在世界各地做過大量戰地報道，並多次獲獎。

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

紐約警方說，西蒙當時乘坐的一輛轎車衝撞了另一輛車後，轉向撞上了金屬交通隔離欄。

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.

西蒙1967年加入哥倫比亞廣播公司，曾報道過校園抗議和內城騷亂等重要事件。1971年，他在越南戰爭期間，作爲戰地記者前往西貢。1975年美軍從越南撤離時，他乘坐最後一架直升機離開被圍困的西貢。

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.

自1987年起，西蒙在20年間任CBS駐中東首席記者。1991年1月海灣戰爭剛剛爆發時，他與3名同事被伊拉克軍方扣押了40天。他還報道過北愛爾蘭、南斯拉夫和葡萄牙的衝突事件。

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.

他後來成爲CBS新聞雜誌節目《60分鐘》及其時間不長的續集《60分鐘II》的常任記者。西蒙在其新聞生涯中獲得過大量獎項，其中包括27項艾美獎。