A speeding car plowed into pedestrians on a sidewalk in New York City’s busy Times Square on Thursday, killing one person and injuring a dozen, according to witnesses, and police said the incident did not appear to be an act of terrorism.
A Reuters witness said one person was covered with a bloodstained blanket after the collision, which occurred around noon ET (1600 GMT) at the Midtown Manhattan tourist venue.
The city’s fire department said there were 13 casualties.
Hundreds of thousands of people, many of them tourists from around the world, pass daily through the bustling commercial area, the heart of the Broadway theater district.
Witnesses said the motorist had driven a red Honda sedan against traffic and onto the sidewalk, striking pedestrians. The car crashed into a pole and came to rest at 45th Street and Broadway before police took the driver away.
Shoes were scattered at the scene. (For graphic, click tmsnrt.rs/2rvktPe)
“People were being hit and rolling off the car,” said Josh Duboff, an employee at the adjacent Thomson Reuters headquarters who jumped out of the way to avoid being struck.
Television footage showed police officers restraining a man in a dark T-shirt and placing him in a police car.
News outlets said the suspect was a 26-year-old male from the city’s Bronx borough. Reuters was not immediately able to confirm those reports.
Cheryl Howard and her daughter were out shopping when the car sped down the sidewalk. “I’m so freaked out!” the daughter said. “They mowed everyone down.”
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta, Daniel Bases and Jonathan Allen; Writing by Daniel Wallis; Editing by Howard Goller)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-crash-idUSKCN18E2D1
I curious to see what country the driver of the crashed red Honda is here from illegally …
My heartfelt sympathies go out to these hurt/deceased folks and their families.
His name is Richard Rojas from the Bronx. Age 26, American Citizen, former member of the Armed Forces, 2 previous DWI’s, suspended license.
Number is now 23 victims, 1 dead.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/Times-Square-Accident-Pedestrians-Struck-Manhattan-New-York-Police-Investigation-422988124.html
Hmmmm I smell BULLSHIT!
I said this was coming soon yesterday. I didn’t think this soon though. This was exactly what the DHS new terror alert mentioned was going to be happening and poof it happens. Planned and executed!
waiting to see and hear more about the driver, before I say too much
just have this to say
alcohol related?
shitty jap car with stuck accelerator ? (even though we make shitty american cars with jap parts too)
cover up of the ol “Muslim run em over ploy” they have going lately ?
I’ve said too much
lets hope no fatalities…edit ..sorry to find 1 dead , 19 injured ..
“…police said the incident did not appear to be an act of terrorism.”
Because pigs KNOW terrorism when they see (and cause) it.
These kind of accidents are inevitable in cities that size.
THE MAN WAS A TROUBLED VET HE SAID WHEN CAPTURED HE WANTED TO BE SHOT DEAD BY THE POLICE AND WANTED TO KILL AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE
http://nypost.com/2017/05/18/times-square-maniac-told-cops-i-wanted-to-kill-them/
What psychotic drugs was he taking it seems it has been proven that those on the SSRI drugs either kill themselves or others. My neighbors child killed himself on them.