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Speeding car slams into pedestrians in New York's Times Square; 1 dead, 13 injured

By Ken Haddad

Posted: 12:17 PM, May 18, 2017
Updated: 12:29 PM, May 18, 2017

NEW YORK - Emergency response in New York City's Times Square due to incident involving a car reportedly hitting pedestrians.

One person has died and 13 people are injured in Times Square after a car struck pedestrians, NBC reports...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...new-yorks-times-square-1-dead-several-injured
 
MSNBC reporting 26 year old driver in custody. Has a history of drunk driving. Thought to be an accident...
 
Watching CNN live coverage from Times Square. Driver in custody. I think reporter said he is 26. Has history of DUIs. Appears to be accident or driver error. Bomb squad being brought to area. Media asked to push back.
 
Staten Island too

[video=twitter;865245190264688640]https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/865245190264688640[/video]
 
May 18 2017, 12:49 pm ET

Car Rams Into Pedestrians in NYC’s Times Square, Killing at Least 1

by Tom Winter, Jonathan Dienst and Erik Ortiz

NEW YORK — A car plowed into pedestrians in the heart of midtown Manhattan's Times Square district around noon Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring more than a dozen, a senior official told NBC News.

City fire officials tweeted that at least 12 patients were being treated at the scene, although the extent of their injuries was unclear...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/car-rams-pedestrians-nyc-s-times-square-n761556
 
MelmothTheLost said:
A young woman, I think. I saw one shot of a young woman lying crumpled and later the same figure with a blanket or similar over her head and shoulders.
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I saw a tweet from the girl who was right next to her. She also said the car sped up and aimed for people.

This is her twitter--she has more tweets @AnnieDonahey
 
[video=twitter;865263899364425728]https://twitter.com/connellmcshane/status/865263899364425728[/video]
 
I did see a report on the Staten Island incident which mentioned one dead and three others not expected to survive.

"BREAKING IN STATEN ISLAND, NYC: 5 People just struck by vehicle; 1 DOA, 3 likely to die / very critical. Broadway & Castleton Ave."

Twitter - @Breaking911
 
[video=twitter;865252816365006848]https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/865252816365006848[/video]
 
The BBC is naming the Times Square driver as Richard Rojas, with 2 prior arrests for DUI.

- @BBCWorld
 
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