At least 10 hurt after a car hits pedestrians in New York's Times Square - Sensationalist Headlines

[URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39968710[/URL] No details yet.

Watching Fox News right now, they said the driver is in custody (CNN isn't showing it yet) The car is wedged right on top of metal bollards, but they're saying that it's plausible this is a major traffic accident and not act of terror.

What I've been hearing too is that it is more likely that driver lost control of vehicle. Either way I can see there being knee-jerk reaction.

[QUOTE=Sasupoika;52245260]What I've been hearing too is that it is more likely that driver lost control of vehicle. Either way I can see there being knee-jerk reaction.[/QUOTE] From whomever is talking on Fox, he is saying that it's plausible that it was accident because the car is facing the correct flow of traffic [I][U]but[/U][/I] it's plausible this was intentional in that where the car landed means that it was travelling at a faster speed than it should have been. Apparently the fire department has confirmed [B]total number injured is 12, 1 death[/B] [editline]18th May 2017[/editline] It's a 4 door sedan, by the way. Not a bus or a truck of any kind. [editline]18th May 2017[/editline] Governor Cuomo is heading toward Times Square right now, for whatever reason

It's a sad state of affairs when you have to be suspicious of an event like this. I feel even 5 years ago, no one even would have considered this to be a terrorist attack when it very well might have been a complete accident.

[QUOTE=fredstin22;52245303]Probably someone just speeding and losing control[/QUOTE] Having had the unfortunate experience of trying to drive through NYC during the day, I find it incredibly hard to believe he was driving at high speed. The traffic in the downtown area is just so intense, especially around noon time right now, that I would think it impossible for him to go any faster than 30mph (which for hitting a person is still quite fast but I not anything like France or Germany's attacks).

Witnesses said it was going [B]against[/B] the flow the of traffic

[QUOTE=-nesto-;52245331]Witnesses said it was going [B]against[/B] the flow the of traffic[/QUOTE] Oh dear...

[QUOTE=fredstin22;52245303]Probably someone just speeding and losing control[/QUOTE] in NYC? in times square? maybe if he was trying to beat traffic through a red light or passing someone. i have no idea how he got to the speed to jump the metal poles. if he was going against traffic he was either trying to kill people, or kill himself and then chickened out last minute.

FDNY confirms 1 fatality

NYPD is not treating it as a terror incident, but obviously they can't confirm anything yet.

Never really understood how strong those bollards are until I saw this picture [t]https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/17F8E/production/_96109189_twio.jpg[/t]

They're saying its a Hispanic man with a history of drunk driving. [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4519432/At-10-people-hit-car-Times-Square.html[/url] Pictures in link.

Fox reporting it might of stemmed from an armed robbery turned chase. No one talking terror which is good.

they are saying the suspect had 2 prior DWIs [url]http://nypost.com/2017/05/18/speeding-car-mows-down-pedestrians-in-times-square/[/url] [editline]18th May 2017[/editline] welp ninjad but yeah it's looking to not be terror related at least

Updated numbers 13 injured, 1 fatality. Suspect a 26 yr old male

in addition to manhattan, i'm waiting for updates to this tweet ([b]uncomfirmed[/b]) [media]https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/865245190264688640[/media]

News conference with Cuomo and the NYPD soon

I'm there now. Hotel's on lockdown so we can't get out luggage and leave. It's a mess.

Mayor de Blasio is giving a new conference but the audio fucked itself. He identified the fatality as a young woman

[QUOTE=Gubbinz96;52245393]They're saying its a Hispanic man with a history of drunk driving. [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4519432/At-10-people-hit-car-Times-Square.html[/url] Pictures in link.[/QUOTE] and now he's going to jail for drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter what a piece of shit

4 critical injuries but expected to survive

[QUOTE=TheJoey;52245336]in NYC? in times square? maybe if he was trying to beat traffic through a red light or passing someone. i have no idea how he got to the speed to jump the metal poles. if he was going against traffic he was either trying to kill people, or kill himself and then chickened out last minute.[/QUOTE] From the pictures and video I've seen, my guess is that he hit the one bollard that bent it over, and his car drove up it which landed it on the following bollard.

Throw the book

Any word on CCTV footage?

[QUOTE=Mr_Razzums;52245676]Throw the book[/QUOTE] Treat him no differently than anyone else who has two previous DUI's and on his third killed someone, not because he caused a massive scene in Times Square.

Sad to know an 18 year old died from this, don't let this dick drive a car ever again

[QUOTE=pentium;52245978]Treat him no differently than anyone else who has two previous DUI's and on his third killed someone, not because he caused a massive scene in Times Square.[/QUOTE] If you get knockout drunk and kill someone after you choose drive in Times Fucking Square, you're disregarding a [i]much[/i] greater risk than driving practically anywhere else on the planet. That's definitely in play here considering that's pretty much what determines the degree of homicide.

[QUOTE=pentium;52245978]Treat him no differently than anyone else who has two previous DUI's and on his third killed someone, not because he caused a massive scene in Times Square.[/QUOTE] so...throw the book at him

[QUOTE=Snowmew;52246061]If you get knockout drunk and kill someone after you choose drive in Times Fucking Square, you're disregarding a [i]much[/i] greater risk than driving practically anywhere else on the planet. That's definitely in play here considering that's pretty much what determines the degree of homicide.[/QUOTE] Times Square is just another route through the city. If say I was piss drunk and drove home and killed someone in the process it wouldn't matter if I was driving down Broadway or 12th. I still equally broke the law and didn't care which way I was driving to get home. Point is unless he intentionally went through Times Square to cause an accident then sure, charge him for intending to do harm. Otherwise this accident is no different if it had happened three blocks away.