A 4-year-old woman died and two different younger youngsters, together with a 31-year-old man, had been damage when a suspected drunken driver hit them as they left a park Saturday evening in Rockland County, authorities say.
In accordance with the investigation, the 4 victims had been hit as they walked on a sidewalk exiting the park on Nyack Turnpike. A 5-year-old suffered critical accidents, and a 4-year-old woman and 31-year-old man had life-threatening accidents. A 2-year-old boy additionally was damage. The woman later died at a hospital.
The automobile turned disabled after hitting the group and was nonetheless on the scene, the motive force wedged inside, when authorities arrived, officers say. The 41-year-old driver additionally was taken to a hospital for therapy of his accidents.
Authorities say he could have been drunk. He was charged with aggravated vehicular murder with a earlier DWI conviction, vehicular assault and different crimes and held on $750,000 money bail.
There was no rapid replace on the surviving victims’ situations Monday.
