1 dead after U-Haul truck hits and injures 9 people in a ‘violent rampage’ in Brooklyn, police say
One person has died after a U-Haul truck hit and injured nine people, including a police officer, in a "violent rampage" Monday across Brooklyn, New York City police said.
One person has died after a U-Haul truck hit and injured nine people, including a police officer, in a "violent rampage" Monday across Brooklyn, New York City police said.
Officers responded to a report of a man driving a U-Haul truck in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn and striking pedestrians at 10:50 a.m., New York Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell told reporters.
Authorities ultimately stopped the vehicle near the entrance of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and took the driver into custody before noon.
One victim, a 44-year-old man, died, a police spokesperson said. Eight others, including a police officer, were struck and injured, police said. Their ages are 30 to 66.
"At this time, there is no nexus to terrorism," Sewell tweeted earlier Monday evening.
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