The driver who killed two people and badly injured three others when he barrelled onto an Upper Manhattan sidewalk will be criminally charged, police said Saturday.
The 61-year-old motorist, whose name wasn’t immediately released, was hit with two counts of manslaughter, three counts of vehicular manslaughter, two counts of vehicular assault and one count of DWI.
Suspected drunk driver who killed two people and badly injured three other in a horrific sidewalk crash in Morningside Heights will be criminally charged, according to the police. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post The 61-year-old motorist was hit with two counts of manslaughter, three counts of vehicular manslaughter, two counts of vehicular assault and one count of DWI. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post Two men, including a father of triplets, were killed when the 61-year-old lost control of his black Mercedes-Benz near Amsterdam Avenue and West 109th Street in Morningside Heights around 6 p.m Friday, according to police.
He was taken to a hospital and his blood was tested for alcohol, police sources said.
The chain-reaction crash began when the driver sidewiped a car on East 108th Street, onlookers said. The crash involved seven vehicles, cops said.
The driver struck a group of pedestrians sitting outside a barber shop, police said.
