Vehicle runs people over at Times Square. One dead, over twenty injured.

[RRR70]

Officials said "doesn't appear to be terrorism related". Driver, Navy vet, was allegedly under influence of PCP.

Suddenly, there was a car where no car should be: plowing through the sidewalk crowds that had swelled in Times Square on a spectacular sun-filled day.

And it was moving fast.

By the time it rammed into a bollard, an 18-year-old woman was dead, 22 other people were injured and the heart of Manhattan had been turned into a scene of panic and carnage. The car, a maroon Honda Accord, had traveled along the sidewalk for more than three blocks.

“They were screaming, yelling, running,” said Sharief White, a vendor who was selling T-shirts and hats at Seventh Avenue and 44th Street and saw the Honda speed into the crowd. “It was running over everybody that was in front of the car.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/nyregion/times-square-crash.html?_r=0

 

[Johndicezx9]

Very sad, the victim was a young woman vacationing with her family.

:rose

 

[bojangle]

Fuck that guy!

 

[Blankpage]

Dude should taken from the car and beaten to death.

 

[bruceflinch]

:rose

 

[m_asim]

We have thousands of people killed by drunk/under-influence drivers. Yet we spend a disproportionate amount of time discussing the evils of guns!

 

[rsrider]

We have thousands of people killed by drunk/under-influence drivers. Yet we spend a disproportionate amount of time discussing the evils of guns!

That can be applied to acts of terrorism as well. But yeah, ahole gets behind the wheel of a 4000 lbs weapon and starts murdering people. He should be charged with what it was, murder.

 

[Yakoo752]

There is video of it

Sure as hell looks intentional to me

 

[two wheel tramp]

That can be applied to acts of terrorism as well. But yeah, ahole gets behind the wheel of a 4000 lbs weapon and starts murdering people. He should be charged with what it was, murder.

Sfgate reports he IS being charged with murder.

:rose

I feel for the young lady's family.

 

[Schnellbandit]

The only thing that saved a lot of people were those metal posts filled with concrete. Can't imagine how many would have been killed were those not in place, it sure didn't seem like he intended to stop.

Makes you think a bit the next time you're walking downtown and hear some car or truck racing its engine.

 

[m_asim]

The only thing that saved a lot of people were those metal posts filled with concrete. Can't imagine how many would have been killed were those not in place, it sure didn't seem like he intended to stop.

Makes you think a bit the next time you're walking downtown and hear some car or truck racing its engine.

Not enough of them. I saw the video, it was pretty darn easy for that a-hole to get on the sidewalk. They should have metal posts at the entrance to sidewalk.

 

[budman]

:rose

Hope the injured heal quickly and fully and her family finds some peace in their lives.

 

[byke]

We should wait until all the facts come out.