A suspected drunk driver killed two pedestrians and injured several others Friday evening in a violent chain-reaction crash on Manhattan\u2019s Upper West Side, the New York Police Department (NYPD) told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n
The crash happened around 6 p.m. near the intersection of West 109th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, a busy stretch near residential buildings, restaurants and Columbia University.<\/p>\n
Investigators said Elvin Suarez, 61, was driving a 2019 Mercedes-Benz<\/a> GLC 300 SUV northbound on Amsterdam Avenue when he allegedly first struck a parked Volkswagen Jetta south of the intersection before barreling through West 109th Street, jumping a pedestrian island and hitting four pedestrians.<\/p>\n Police said the Mercedes-Benz continued through the intersection before crashing into a parked Chevrolet<\/a> Astro van occupied by a 51-year-old man.<\/p>\n TRUCK HITS PARKED VAN IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, PUSHING VEHICLE ONTO SIDEWALK AND INJURING 9<\/a><\/p>\n The impact pushed the van into several additional parked vehicles, including a Honda CR-V, Toyota Sienna, Toyota 4Runner and Nissan Altima, authorities said.<\/p>\n Emergency responders transported Suarez, the van occupant and the four pedestrians to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital following the crash.<\/p>\n Two pedestrians \u2014 Jason Negron, 46, and Michael Saint-Hilaire, 35, both of Manhattan \u2014 were pronounced dead at the hospital, police said.<\/p>\n