The NYPD says the driver careened into the Lower East Side's Corlears Hook Park around 9 p.m., not long before the annual Macy's Fourth of July display was to…
are injured after a suspected drunken driver blew through a stop sign, jumped a sidewalk and plowed into a Manhattan park where families were outside celebrating the fireworks Thursday night, authorities say.
Police say the driver, identified by three senior police officials early Friday as Daniel Hyden, of Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, careened into the Lower East Side's Corlears Hook Park around 9 p.m., not long before the Witnesses pulled him out of the truck and held him until officers arrived, authorities said. He was taken into custody and treated for head and facial lacerations. Specific charges weren't immediately clear.Authorities say a total of 11 people were hit, including the three who lost their lives when the gray pickup truck tore past the stop sign near Water Street and Jackson Street around 9 p.m., officials said.Gray truck left in park crime scene after pinning four people underneath.
The dead were identified by senior police officials as 59-year-old Lucille Pinkney, her 38-year-old son, Hernan Pinkney, and an as yet unknown woman. A fourth person -- a 30-year-old woman -- was hospitalized in critical condition.The driver appeared to have alcohol on his breath, according to NYPD Chief of Department Jeff Maddrey. Investigators believe that played a role in the tragic incident. They suspect no nexus to terror.
Due to a police investigation, avoid the vicinity of Water Street and Jackson Street in Manhattan. Expect a police presence & residual traffic delays in the surrounding area.
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