Lilly Posted May 18, 2017 #1 Share Posted May 18, 2017 http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/18/speeding-car-drives-into-crowd-of-people-in-new-york-city-6646439/ Right near Times Square no less. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 18, 2017 Author #2 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Witnesses report car was driving in the wrong direction. At least 13 sent to local hospitals. Some buildings are currently in lock down mode. Oh dear, at least one person is dead (at this point). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted May 18, 2017 #3 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Looks like the cops are treating the dude like it was an 'accident'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 18, 2017 Author #4 Share Posted May 18, 2017 10 minutes ago, Sweetpumper said: Looks like the cops are treating the dude like it was an 'accident'. Yeah, this is starting to look a bit like terrorism. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztek Posted May 18, 2017 #5 Share Posted May 18, 2017 could be many things, drunk, stoned driver is very likely scenario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 18, 2017 Author #6 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Yes, it could be due to drugs or alcohol...but it still is rather suspicious. I will say this, if this guy was that drunk before noon...pretty awful. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted May 18, 2017 #7 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Driver has two DWI's under his belt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 18, 2017 Author #8 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Also saying he had committed a robbery (while drunk no less) and was attempting to 'get away'. If this is true...what a moron he is. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted May 18, 2017 #9 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Witnesses said the driver of the maroon Honda sedan appeared to be targeting people on Seventh Ave. near W. 43rd St. about 12:15 p.m. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted May 18, 2017 #10 Share Posted May 18, 2017 “This didn’t look like an accident. The driver was steering into people.” 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 18, 2017 Author #11 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Just now, Sweetpumper said: “This didn’t look like an accident. The driver was steering into people.” How odd...if he was just fleeing a robbery why try to purposefully hit people? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted May 18, 2017 #12 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Who knows, it won't shock me if it was Allah's will. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted May 18, 2017 #13 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Apparently, the driver tried to run and people jumped on him. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/18/car-jumps-curb-hits-pedestrians-in-times-square-reports-say.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 18, 2017 Author #14 Share Posted May 18, 2017 It's looking more and more like this was a drunk driving robber trying to escape custody. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted May 18, 2017 #15 Share Posted May 18, 2017 (edited) Richard Rojas from the Bronx is in custody and will be tested for alcohol. This link has a lot of pics of the scene. FOX says 3 people are critical. They also say police were in pursuit for robbery when the incident happened. http://fox8.com/2017/05/18/car-drives-into-crowd-in-times-square-injuring-several/ Edited May 18, 2017 by susieice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Meadows Posted May 18, 2017 #16 Share Posted May 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Lilly said: Yeah, this is starting to look a bit like terrorism. When you are paranoid, everything does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 18, 2017 Author #17 Share Posted May 18, 2017 39 minutes ago, Gary Meadows said: When you are paranoid, everything does. Since terrorists frequently use motor vehicles to mow down people, mowing down people with a motor vehicle tends to logically support such a thought. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted May 18, 2017 #18 Share Posted May 18, 2017 4 minutes ago, Lilly said: Since terrorists frequently use motor vehicles to mow down people, mowing down people with a motor vehicle tends to logically support such a thought. Since most, if not all, the "vehicle mowing folks down" sorts of events lately have been terrorist efforts... I honestly thought the same thing when I first heard about this earlier. Then I heard there was a robbery.. and a regular crazy criminal instead of a terrorist one. Still a horrifying and tragic event. The guy will likely get charged with some different things and likely spend a long time in jail. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted May 18, 2017 #19 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I had a job at the supermarket, I had only been there 3 days when a car smashed through the window and into the building . A couple of years ago, in our town, we had an out of control vehicle mount the curb, at high speed. Killing two people and seriously injuring a half a dozen pedestrians. Niether of these, like the recent Flinders street incident, where politically motivated. It's a symptom of today's society that we see terrorism before it is proven. The terrorists must love it. Inciting fear without trying. When we jump to the conclusion we are under attack, the terrorists win. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted May 18, 2017 #20 Share Posted May 18, 2017 “The bouncer from Planet Hollywood knocked him out. He knocked him out so bad you could see the blood coming out of his face. That's when I jumped in, I grabbed him from his neck and within about one minute everybody's there.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztek Posted May 18, 2017 #21 Share Posted May 18, 2017 seems pretty intact to me, no bruises, no blood. https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/cb5311fb-a0e6-38b4-ac63-377468c8cc45/ss_driver-arrested-in-times.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted May 18, 2017 #22 Share Posted May 18, 2017 And here's the 18 year old tourist he murdered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted May 18, 2017 #23 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Poor girl's family and friends. RIP Very senseless action on his part 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted May 18, 2017 #24 Share Posted May 18, 2017 (edited) *snip* Edited May 18, 2017 by Saru Link removed due to graphic content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted May 19, 2017 #25 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) Rojas tested positive for PCP. I thought terrorism too when I first heard it. http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/18/us/new-york-times-square-car-pedestrians/index.html Edited May 19, 2017 by susieice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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