‘Multiple’ New Year’s Eve revelers rushed to hospital after car ‘mounts sidewalk & hits a food truck’ in New York City

SEVERAL folks have been injured after a automobile reportedly mounted a sidewalk and crashed in New York Metropolis.

Chaos unfolded after hundreds of revelers gathered to welcome the New 12 months.

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New York Metropolis cops advised The U.S. Solar that a number of folks have been injured and brought to a neighborhood hospital.

Six folks and three law enforcement officials have been hospitalized, in response to local reports.

No fatalities have been reported.

A person, 44, has been arrested and is at Bellevue Hospital, the place he’s in a essential however steady situation.

He has not been charged, per the New York Metropolis Police Division.

Cops mentioned {that a} automobile mounted the sidewalk and crashed right into a meals truck.

Officers have warned to anticipate street closures and visitors delays within the space.

Revelers flocked to New York Metropolis from throughout the nation and the world earlier than the well-known crystal ball dropped at midnight.

The annual New 12 months’s celebration featured performances from A-listers together with Flo Rida, Megan Thee Stallion, and LL Cool J.

There have been televised appearances from the likes of Cardi B.

It was anticipated that crowds would return to pre-pandemic sizes.

Antonio Ruz, from Spain, advised Reuters he waited round 15 hours in line.

He mentioned: “Since I used to be a child, I noticed on TV that is [a] spectacular present, so I needed to reside it.”

Nadja Sjostrom, from Sweden, mentioned she had joined the crowds in Instances Sq. since 8am.

She mentioned: “That is my first time to rejoice the New 12 months in Instances Sq..”

Hundreds of cops have been deployed throughout the streets to make the town secure.

Officers have been on excessive alert as a result of heightened safety fears because the battle in Gaza rages on.

In a risk evaluation obtained by ABC Information affiliate WABC, officers had recognized the situation as an “engaging goal” for a terror assault.

Evaluation from businesses such because the FBI, the US Division of Homeland Safety, and the New York Police Division was used to make the evaluation.

Legislation enforcement businesses had been on a heightened alert for the reason that October 7 assaults in Israel.

Final month, FBI Director Christopher Wray advised Congress: “I’ve by no means seen a time when the entire threats, or so lots of the threats are all elevated at precisely the identical time.”