They arrest a man who hit several people with a truck in New York: at least five injured

Several people were injured on Monday at new York be intentionally crushed by a truck whose driver was arrested shortly afterwards.

“We don’t know the reasons at the moment, but it was no accident,” the city councilor said on Twitter. Justin Brannanrepresenting the area of ​​South Brooklyn where the incident took place.

According to police sources quoted by local media, there are at least five injured and one of them was transferred in critical condition to a nearby hospital.

The accident occurred around 11 a.m. local time (4 p.m. GMT) on an avenue in the district of bay ridgeIn brooklynwhere the truck invaded the sidewalk and hit several people.

The driver fled in the vehicle and was pursued by police units, who managed to arrest him about 30 minutes later after a chase.

According to local media, the detainee He is 62 years old and has no criminal record.although he had a spell with the police in 2019 due to apparent mental health issues, points out the New York Post.

The newspaper The New York Times He points out that police officers tried to stop the truck around 10:50 a.m. local time (1550 GMT) and the driver tried to elude them and that was right after he ran over people.

For now, the New York Police Department (NYPDin English) did not provide official information about the event.

Office of the Mayor of New York, Eric Adamssaid via Twitter that the NYPD is still investigating and there are “no other credible threats at this time” once the suspect is apprehended.

The truck, a small vehicle from rental company U-Haul, was being examined by officers, including bomb specialists.

The attack took place on the same day that the final phase of the trial against Sayfullo Saipovthe one found guilty of the terrorist attack which in 2017 claimed the lives of eight people, including five Argentines, in New York.

Saipov, who used a rental truck to run over cyclists on a bike path, has already been convicted and a jury must now decide whether he should be sentenced to life in prison or the death penalty.

For now, in today’s event, a possible terrorist motivation has not been pointed out.

With information from EFE

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