Police: 1 killed, 6 injured after driver trying to parallel park strikes pedestrians
<p>Police say a driver trying to parallel park on a street in New York City lost control of his minivan and struck several pedestrians standing next to a fruit stand, killing one person and injuring six others.</p>
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Nov 27, 2018, 12:09 PM
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Updated 2,221 days ago
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Police say a driver trying to parallel park on a street in New York City lost control of his minivan and struck several pedestrians standing next to a fruit stand, killing one person and injuring six others.
The accident happened Monday shortly before 7 p.m. in Manhattan's Chinatown.
According to police, four people were hospitalized, two are in critical condition and the other two are in serious condition.
Police say the 70-year-old driver, who remained at the scene, was arrested on charges of failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care.
Video shows a dark-colored minivan speeding down a street in reverse before hitting the curb.
A man who runs a parking lot across the street told the New York Post, "It sounded like a big boom."
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