By Michael R. Sisak | Related Press
NEW YORK — A person driving a U-Haul truck struck and injured a number of folks in New York Metropolis on Monday earlier than police have been in a position to pin the careening car towards a constructing following a mileslong pursuit via Brooklyn.
Eyewitnesses stated they noticed pedestrians and e-bike riders sprawled on the bottom after the truck drove via. At the very least eight folks have been damage, together with two individuals who have been in essential situation, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell stated.
Sewell described the driving force’s actions as a “violent rampage via Brooklyn” however stated there was no proof of “terrorism involvement.”
The truck sped via the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, hitting folks on a sidewalk at one level, earlier than police stopped it greater than 3 miles (5 kilometers) away close to the doorway to a tunnel main from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
Sewell stated a suspect was in custody and that police have been investigating seven scenes. She launched few different particulars.
A pastry store proprietor, Pat Giura, stated he didn’t see the truck however noticed the aftermath: a girl on the bottom together with her scooter or e-bike destroyed and one other individual damage blocks away.
Aerial video from information helicopters confirmed the truck on a sidewalk, its path blocked by a police cruiser. Authorities have been analyzing the truck to verify it didn’t comprise explosives.
The incident coincided with the beginning of the dying penalty part within the trial of Sayfullo Saipov, an Islamic extremist who killed eight folks in 2017 by mowing them down with a rented truck.
It was not clear whether or not the 2 occasions have been associated.