Car driven through Times Square crowd kills one, injures 23

Record ID: 876393

  • Title: Car driven through Times Square crowd kills one, injures 23
  • Date: 18th May 2017
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (MAY 18, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CRASHED CAR THAT WAS DRIVEN THROUGH TIMES SQUARE CROWD HEAVILY ARMED NEW YORK CITY POLICE BLOCKING OFF ROAD (SOUNDBITE) (English) KEVIN SIKES, PERSON WHO CAME UPON THE SCENE JUST AFTER THE ACCIDENT, SAYING: "When I came out of the building I saw just activity everywhere. I saw policemen, firemen running, first responders. There was car debris everywhere. People laying scattered along the sidewalk. I walked down to 42nd Street, I was kind of pushed that way by the police and there were bodies scattered everywhere, a lot of lacerations, broken bones, people bleeding."
  • Embargoed: 1st June 2017 18:31
  • Keywords: accident wounded crash Times Square
  • Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Ground Accidents/Collisions,Disaster/Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016HDANUV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A speeding car plowed into pedestrians on a sidewalk in New York City's busy Times Square on Thursday (May 18), 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 said there were 23 people injured.
    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.
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