A 26-year-old man was charged with manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, assault, and driving while intoxicated after plowing into five people, killing one of them, at a New York City intersection on Sunday.
Mahbub Ali drove his Hyundai Sonata onto the sidewalk at East 21st Street and Third Avenue in Gramercy, NBC New York reported. The incident occurred at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Ali first struck a 23-year-old man who was crossing the sidewalk, according to police. Ali then veered right and hit an 18-year-old man on an e-bike. The vehicle then drove up onto the sidewalk, hitting a 21-year-old man and 26-year-old woman. Ali then crashed into the back of a parked Chevy.
The 23-year-old was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.
“The crash took place near the NYPD’s former police academy building, which has been designated as a migrant shelter,” the New York Post
