Bronx police crash: NYPD SUV vehicle ploughs into crowd injuring 8 adults and 2 children

The vehicle was responding to a larceny call in the New York borough when it was cut off in traffic and swerved onto a pavement.

By Catherine Meyer-Funnell, Royal Reporter based in London

00:22, Fri, Oct 7, 2022 | UPDATED: 00:36, Fri, Oct 7, 2022

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A New York Police Department SUV has injured ten people, five seriously, after it inadvertently collided with a crowd in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon. Officials reported that the car was responding to a suspected car theft at around 3pm when it was cut off in traffic and clipped another vehicle at the intersection of Hoe Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Longwood section.

The driver then swerved and inadvertently ploughed into the pedestrians.

A total of 10 people were confirmed injured, including five seriously and two children.

Two police officers were also among those affected.

Fire officials said the police officers were not badly hurt, although the condition of the children remains unknown.

NYPD car crash

An NYPD vehicle ploughed into a crowd in the Bronx (Image: NBC)

NYPD car crash

The accident took place on Thursday afternoon (Image: NBC)

At a press conference NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey said that the police vehicle's lights and sirens were on at the time of the crash.

Four of those injured were said to be in a critical condition.

A spokesperson from the Fire Department of New York said that eight civilians from the scene were taken to the Lincoln Hospital and Jacobi Medical Center.

NYPD police cars

10 people have been injured (Image: Getty)

The vehicle was pictured impaled on a fence pole with its front section smashed.

Witness to the scene Chuck Robinson, 51, reported that the police car had been "speeding".

He said: "It hit a lady with a baby on the corner. She was pinned against the wall under the camera [a security camera at a bus stop on the corner].

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Four people have been critically injured (Image: Getty)

"Then it [the police vehicle] hit a lady with a walker and it took down a guy coming out of the building. There was another lady walking on the sidewalk also hit.

"The lady with the baby was down and they were doing chest compressions.

"The old guy was trying to get up but he was covered in blood."