A car crashed into a group of people celebrating New Year's Eve near Madison Square Garden in New York City, injuring nine people and authorities have one suspect in custody.
According to New York City Fire Department officials, the incident occurred near West 34th Street and 9th Avenue.Authorities considered this a mass casualty incident, Fox News report Monday.
The driver appears to have veered onto the sidewalk and eventually stopped, hitting several people, including a police officer.
“Police responded to West 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue and observed an altercation between the suspect, identified as a 44-year-old man, and another person, a police spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital. ” the department said.
As officers tried to intervene, the suspect got back in his car, got behind the wheel and rammed into a police vehicle, hitting a food truck and pinning a woman under it.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he was listed in stable condition.
image show A tangle of vehicles on the road and a person who appears to be a police officer assessing the scene.
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Law enforcement officers eventually arrested the suspect at West 34th Street and Ninth Avenue. His condition was stable when he was taken to the hospital.
ABC 7 video footage show Debris was scattered on the sidewalks and sidewalks where the incident occurred. The media reported that three police officers were injured in the incident, but their condition is stable.
The announcement comes as New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers work to keep crowds safe in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations, Breitbart News reported on Saturday.
According to ABC News, police Across As the New Year's bell rang out, the nation was on “high alert.”
“We know how to protect an event of this magnitude,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said recently.
