On Monday morning, a U-Haul truck parked on a sidewalk in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge neighborhood was surrounded by police cars and paramedics after it had reportedly struck many individuals, CBS News reported.
According to reports, multiple pedestrians were injured when a U-Haul truck drove into them at three separate locations in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, close to the intersection of 5th Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway.
ABC 7 reported:
The truck jumped the sidewalk at one location.
At least four people are injured, according to police.
The U-Haul struck a man in his 30s on 4th Avenue. He was taken to Lutheran Hospital in critical condition.
Three other men on mopeds were struck and sustained minor injuries.
The driver fled those crashes north on the Gowanus Expressway he exited on Hamilton Avenue and was surrounded by police at Columbia Street in Red Hook.
CBS New York reported that the U-Haul driver tried to flee the scene of the accident on Monday morning, but that police were able to corner him several blocks away. The suspect then reportedly rammed two police vehicles before making a temporary escape.
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A new surveillance video showed the exact moment a pedestrian was struck.
Raws alerts reported, “A U-Haul Truck is surrounded by multiple police vehicles as multiple pedestrians were struck at three different locations with a cyclist was dragged by the U-Haul truck police are reporting at least 7 people have been hit. The driver has been arrested.
Authorities in Brooklyn have identified the suspect as a 62-year-old Asian man.
This is a developing story: Please check back for more updates as we learn more.