Driver Crashes into Pedestrians in Times Square

The driver appeared to have been either drunk or impaired by drugs and had been arrested twice for drunken driving

One person was killed and at least 22 were injured on Thursday when a car careened through Times Square and plowed through a crowd of pedestrians in one of New York City’s most congested corridors, officials said.

According to the www.nytimes.com, the driver appeared to have been either drunk or impaired by drugs and had been arrested twice for drunken driving.

Witnesses described the horror of seeing the car traveling at high speeds through the neighborhood, which was packed with tourists, workers and many other people.

The exact route traveled by the car was not immediately known before it came to rest at the northwest corner of 45th Street and Broadway. The Honda sat tilted on bollards, its right wheels off the ground, its front hood crumpled and trunk open, as detectives and investigators canvassed the area.

A Police Department spokesman said the driver of the car had been taken into custody. The law enforcement official said the driver was from the Bronx. The police had taped off many of blocks around Times Square.