Deadly Pedestrian Crashes Shake Manhattan
TL;DR
A 26-year-old driver, Mahbub Ali, has been charged with manslaughter, DWI, and related offenses after crashing into a crowd of people in Manhattan, killing one pedestrian and leaving three others hospitalized. Ali was intoxicated and may have been trying to avoid a cyclist when the crash occurred. The crash happened next to the former NYPD Police Academy, which the city has been using to house asylum seekers.
- Driver charged with manslaughter in deadly pedestrian crash in Gramercy Park, Manhattan WABC-TV
- 1 dead, 4 injured in Manhattan car crash: NYPD PIX11 News
- 1 dead, 3 injured after driver strikes pedestrians in Gramercy CBS New York
- One dead, 4 hurt in NYC car crash; driver in tears as he's cuffed by cops New York Post
- 1 killed, 4 hurt after alleged drunk driver plows into pedestrians at NYC intersection NBC New York
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