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Omaha Steve

(99,667 posts)
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 09:17 PM Oct 2015

Cops: 3 dead, 3 hurt when car hits trick-or-treaters in NYC

Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a car plowed into a group of trick-or-treaters in New York City, killing three people, including a 10-year-old girl.

It happened just before 5 p.m. Saturday in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx.

A spokesman for the New York Police Department says the victims had been trick-or-treating when a car went onto the sidewalk and struck them.

Police say a man, whose age wasn't immediately available, died at the scene.

FULL story at link.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9b88fa3d202f4ec099f68f62d4806179/cops-3-dead-3-hurt-when-car-hits-trick-or-treaters-nyc

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Cops: 3 dead, 3 hurt when car hits trick-or-treaters in NYC (Original Post) Omaha Steve Oct 2015 OP
How horrible!!! GGJohn Oct 2015 #1
i hate these stories JI7 Oct 2015 #2
Ah jeez - me too. Hug you loved ones - you never know... jonno99 Oct 2015 #4
... shenmue Oct 2015 #3
He was ramming a cab before exboyfil Oct 2015 #5
Says here he sideswiped a bus. valerief Oct 2015 #6
This link is different and probably more accurate than the other story I linked exboyfil Nov 2015 #7
Wow, poor guy. I bet he's horrified that he killed people - if he's even still alive. trillion Nov 2015 #8

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
5. He was ramming a cab before
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 10:03 PM
Oct 2015

he went airborne into the crowd of trick or treaters.

If that is the case then he should never see the outside of a jail cell even if he was a 60+ year old.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/1-Dead-5-Injured-in-Bronx-Car-Accident-FDNY-339131242.html

valerief

(53,235 posts)
6. Says here he sideswiped a bus.
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 11:30 PM
Oct 2015
The New York Post reports the driver may have suffered a seizure and lost control of his car. A witness told the newspaper he heard the car “accelerate” as he was with his wife and three children.

The witness said the driver “sideswiped a bus” before plowing through a metal fence in front of a home.


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/11/01/3-dead-3-hurt-when-car-hits-trick-or-treaters-in-nyc-cops-say/

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
7. This link is different and probably more accurate than the other story I linked
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 12:07 AM
Nov 2015

Sounds more like a medical emergency.

The multiple ramming report triggered my first response. That sounds like a deliberate road rage action.

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