NEW YORK – Police say a car jumped a curb in the Herald Square shopping district in midtown Manhattan, injuring seven people, including five pedestrians.
It happened at about 10 p.m. Wednesday on West 34th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
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Authorities say the 34-year-old female driver and her male passenger were among the injured. All seven were hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the driver is in custody. She’s being investigated for possible drunken driving.
They say she was travelling eastbound on 34th Street when she rear-ended a vehicle. She then backed up, entered the westbound lanes heading the wrong way and struck another vehicle. Police say the car then mounted the sidewalk, hitting the pedestrians.
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