A grandmother was killed and an 8-year-old little one was combating for his life after a driver fled a police cease and crashed into pedestrians Saturday in Brooklyn, officers mentioned.
What was known as a horrific incident started round 7:10 p.m. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, when officers pulled over a automobile with mismatched plates and two individuals who seemed to be smoking marijuana, the New York Police Division mentioned.
“As our cops exited their car and walked as much as that car on foot, that car fled at a particularly excessive charge of pace,” Assistant Chief Judith Harrison instructed reporters.
The car struck a bicyclist and two pedestrians, she mentioned.
The automobile saved going and hit one other pedestrian and a car a block away. The 2 individuals who had fled acquired out of the automobile and left on foot.
Officers mentioned that the one that was killed was an aged grandmother. An 8-year-old little one was additionally struck and was in vital situation combating for his life, they mentioned.
Three different individuals who had been injured had been at hospitals Saturday and had been anticipated to make a full restoration, Harrison mentioned. She known as it a “horrific incident.”
One individual was in custody and was being “totally interviewed,” however had not been charged, Harrison mentioned. “We’re additionally combing by way of video, making an attempt to tie him to the incident.”
“We’ll catch the folks accountable,” New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams mentioned.
The lethal crash occurred days after a taxi crashed into pedestrians in Manhattan.
In that incident Monday afternoon, which was being investigated as an accident, a taxi collided with a bicyclist after which went on to a sidewalk, hitting three pedestrians. No deaths had been reported however two of the pedestrians had extreme leg accidents, police mentioned.
