3 killed as truck plows into NYC July 4 celebration
Three people were killed and at least seven hurt when a suspected drunk driver plowed a truck into a New York City park on the night of July 4, according to reports Friday.
The driver blew through a stop sign, left the road and drove into Corlears Hook Park, on the Lower East Side, shortly before 9 p.m., according to the NYPD. Four people were underneath the truck when cops arrived.
The park had been full of people grilling and celebrating July 4, according to the New York Times.
“You hear everyone’s screaming, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, stop, slow down.’ And he didn’t stop. He wasn’t able to stop,” Shi Jackson, who was near the park, told the New York Times.
“I remember seeing small children on stretchers.”
The driver was stopped from leaving the scene by parkgoers and was arrested.