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This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldSix people were taken by ambulance to local hospitals, the New York fire department saidFirst published on Fri 11 Dec 2020 18.03 ESTA vehicle plowed into a crowd of about 50 people at a protest on Friday afternoon in the middle of Manhattan, injuring multiple people, the City police department said.The incident happened after 4pm at the corner of 39th Street and Third Avenue in midtown east, police said, adding that the woman behind the wheel of the BMW sedan who drove into the crowd was detained for questioning by law enforcement.The New York fire department said six people were taken by ambulance to local hospitals. Police and fire officials said the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.Some accounts on social media described a chaotic scene around a stopped car surrounded by protesters, before the vehicle lurched into the crowd, sending some people and bicycles tumbling.In one video showing the car’s movements, a small group of protesters could be seen gathered around the car as it slowly approached an intersection, with one person seemingly leaning over the front of the vehicle. The car suddenly accelerated, knocking aside the people who were blocking it and people who were in the intersection.In another video from the opposite side, people are seen fleeing and one person is bowled over as the car barrels through.A participant in the protest, Sofia Vickerman, of Denver, Colorado, said that when the car hit the crowd it tossed people and a bicycle in the air.“I hear people screaming in the front, I look behind me, the woman is plowing through,” she said. “I see bodies flying.”Vickerman said the march had begun in Times Square and was aimed at drawing attention to an ongoing hunger strike by immigration detainees in New Jersey. A Reuters photographer at the scene also confirmed the demonstration was held in solidarity with nine undocumented immigrants who are in the custody of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.Police and several local media outlets said the protest was sponsored by Black Lives Matter.Protester Desmond Marrero, 25, the New York Daily News that the group was marching west on E 39th St when the car – identified by cops as a black BMW – came upon them from behind.“People weren’t aware. They couldn’t even see it coming. How are you going to hit people who can’t even see you?” Marrero said.He added: “One of the guys who was hit pushed me out of the way,” Marrero said. “I turned and watched as he went up into the air and flipped over. It was traumatizing.”The driver of the car was by the police, with appearing on social media and in local media of a woman being led away.

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldSix people were taken by ambulance to local hospitals, the New York fire department saidFirst published on Fri 11 Dec 2020 18.03 ESTA vehicle plowed into a crowd of about 50 people at a protest on Friday afternoon in the middle of Manhattan, injuring multiple people, the City police department said.The incident happened after 4pm at the corner of 39th Street and Third Avenue in midtown east, police said, adding that the woman behind the wheel of the BMW sedan who drove into the crowd was detained for questioning by law...

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