A driver accused of veering onto a sidewalk and striking children and adults at an NYPD precinct Halloween event Thursday has been charged with vehicular assault, police said.
A driver accused of veering onto a sidewalk and striking children and adults at an NYPD precinct Halloween event Thursday has been charged with vehicular assault, police said.
Michael Marsh, 56, allegedly had a blood alcohol level of .26 when his van careened into the middle of a “Trunk or Treat” gathering outside the 83rd Precinct stationhouse on Knickerbocker Avenue near Bleecker Street in Bushwick, according to law enforcement sources.
Six people were hit, the NYPD said: a 31-year-old woman and her daughters, ages 6 and 11; an 8-year-old boy; a 74-year-old woman; and a 53-year-old woman. All six were listed in stable condition.
“A little girl, her arm is peeled off, literally,” one mother who attended the event with her 9-year-old daughter said at the scene. “The lady injured her leg, and then one of the ladies, the back of her head was injured, and she has a hole in the back of her head.”
“A little girl, her arm is peeled off, literally,” one mother who attended the event with her 9-year-old daughter said at the scene. “The lady injured her leg, and then one of the ladies, the back of her head was injured, and she has a hole in the back of her head.”
Authorities said Marsh’s van also struck a private ambulance that had been stationed outside the event.
The Crown Heights resident faces additional charges of reckless endangerment, three counts related to driving while intoxicated, driving on the sidewalk and driving without a seatbelt, police said.
The Crown Heights resident faces additional charges of reckless endangerment, three counts related to driving while intoxicated, driving on the sidewalk and driving without a seatbelt, police said.
Marsh’s passenger, a 46-year-old woman, was expected to receive a summons for a traffic infraction, according to authorities.