Police vehicles and ambulances surrounded a U-Haul truck parked on a sidewalk in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge neighborhood on Monday morning after the vehicle struck multiple pedestrians, authorities said.
Police vehicles and ambulances surrounded a U-Haul truck parked on a sidewalk in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge neighborhood on Monday morning after the vehicle struck multiple people, authorities said.
Emergency response crews had rushed to the area after the truck reportedly slammed into people at the intersection of Bay Ridge Parkway and 5th Avenue, The U-Haul box truck had evaded a traffic stop near the intersection, for reasons still unknown, the New York City Police Department said in a statement to CBS News. Police also confirmed that the suspect allegedly operating the box truck was in custody by 12 p.m. ET, about an hour after the incident took place.
The police department said around the same time that four people had been hit by the truck and each sustained injuries, although details about their conditions remained unclear. At least one person struck by the U-Haul was a pedestrian, according to the NYPD, which characterized the other three injured individuals as moped operators.
Police surround a U-Haul truck after multiple people were struck by a vehicle in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on Feb. 13, 2023.The U-Haul driver attempted to flee the scene after the collision on Monday morning, according to CBS New York, which noted that police were able to box in the vehicle several blocks away. However, the suspect the then rammed two police cars and temporarily escaped, the station reported. Officials confirmed that he was arrested shortly after.
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