{"id":253094,"date":"2025-09-25T07:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/253094\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:48:12","slug":"hit-and-run-driver-kills-tourist-in-nyc-after-striking-couple-on-street-say-witnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/253094\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit-and-run driver kills tourist in NYC after striking couple on street, say witnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A hit-and-run in the heart of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/new-york\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Midtown Manhattan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Midtown Manhattan<\/a> Wednesday has left one person dead and another hospitalized, police have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The tragic incident happened just before 2:40 p.m, police told Fox News Digital, when they responded to a 911 call for a vehicle collision at East 40th Street and 5th Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One vehicle, bearing a vanity plate that read &#8220;TIMES SQUARE,&#8221; was said to have struck a woman and her husband, both visiting from Hamburg, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/24\/us-news\/hit-and-run-driver-mows-town-tourists-in-nyc-leaving-them-clinging-to-life\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/man-pushed-onto-train-tracks-midtown-subway-station-new-york-city-police-say\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Man Pushed Onto Train Tracks At Midtown Subway Station In New York City, Police Say;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Man Pushed Onto Train Tracks At Midtown Subway Station In New York City, Police Say<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police confirmed one person was rushed to Bellevue Hospital and was listed in stable condition Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Per the New York Post, eyewitnesses also described a chaotic scene in one of the city\u2019s busiest corridors. A nearby Nuts4Nuts vendor said the van &#8220;sped away&#8221; after running over the couple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read On The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Read On The Fox News App<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;As he was reversing, the woman was under the van. The man was stuck under the tire. He got himself out,&#8221; the vendor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;EMS responded and pronounced a 50-year-old female deceased on the scene,&#8221; NYPD confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;A 55-year-old male was transported to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. The vehicle did not remain on scene,&#8221; they stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/minivan-plows-through-crowd-pennsylvania-festival-injuring-three-people\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minivan Plows Through Crowd At Pennsylvania Festival, Injuring Three People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Minivan Plows Through Crowd At Pennsylvania Festival, Injuring Three People<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rosa Paredes who was working at an ice cream truck nearby, also said she heard the crash from inside her car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She recalled the vehicle attempted a sharp maneuver before moving backward into the couple. &#8220;I don\u2019t think it knew it hit people,&#8221; Paredes added, speaking in Spanish through a translator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another witness, Houssaim Coly, said his coworker described the crash as &#8220;a terrible accident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;There are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing by the NYPD Highway District\u2019s Collision Investigation Squad. The identity of the deceased is pending family notification,&#8221; the NYPD said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Original article source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/hit-and-run-driver-kills-german-tourist-midtown-manhattan-after-striking-couple-street\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hit-and-run driver kills tourist in NYC after striking couple on street, say witnesses;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hit-and-run driver kills tourist in NYC after striking couple on street, say witnesses<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hit-and-run in the heart of Midtown Manhattan Wednesday has left one person dead and another hospitalized, police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,75982,6301,133653,6307,405,403,27240,5226,5225,5228,5227,5257,133652,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,133651],"class_list":{"0":"post-253094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bellevue-hospital","10":"tag-fox-news-digital","11":"tag-ice-cream-truck","12":"tag-midtown-manhattan","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-new-york-post","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-nypd","21":"tag-tragic-incident","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa","28":"tag-vehicle-collision"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115263839013328645","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}