{"id":388668,"date":"2026-10-31T04:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T04:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/388668\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T04:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T04:43:09","slug":"6-injured-including-3-children-after-car-speeds-onto-sidewalk-at-new-york-city-police-trunk-or-treat-event-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/388668\/","title":{"rendered":"6 injured, including 3 children, after car speeds onto sidewalk at New York City police trunk-or-treat event"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — Six people, including three children, were taken to the hospital after a car sped onto a sidewalk and crashed into a trunk-or-treat event in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The crash happened around 4 p.m. near the corner of Knickerbocker Avenue and Bleecker Street during the NYPD 83rd Precinct’s Trunk-Or-Treat event.<\/p>\n

Witnesses said a black sedan accelerated onto the sidewalk, striking pedestrians and a parked ambulance.<\/p>\n

“Hit two cars and hit three people,” eyewitness Caira Lewis said.<\/p>\n

Authorities said three children and three women were hospitalized after being injured in the chain-reaction crash.<\/p>\n

A 31-year-old woman and her two daughters, ages 6 and 11, were taken to Bellevue Hospital.<\/p>\n

A 53-year-old woman was taken to Elmhurst Hospital.<\/p>\n

A 74-year-old woman and an 8-year-old boy are hospitalized at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.<\/p>\n

“The impact was rough…we thought it was a shooting. That’s how bad it was. Everyone started running because we thought it was a shooting,” one witness said.<\/p>\n

Families had gathered for the precinct’s Halloween-themed event, which had been promoted on social media.<\/p>\n

“And it ended up being a traumatizing time,” another witness said.<\/p>\n

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Lewis said she narrowly avoided being hit.<\/p>\n

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“One second, literally. I was an inch. As soon as I got out the cab and stepped on the sidewalk, it came and rammed us. So when it hit the truck, it hit us like it pushed us. But I shifted my baby,” Lewis said.<\/p>\n

The vehicle’s bumper remained at the scene, tangled in candy wrappers after plowing through the gathering. Because the crash occurred outside a police station, witnesses said officers quickly located the driver.<\/p>\n

“He was about to drive off. I’m like, no, he’s right there. Make sure y’all pick him up. And then they ran and they arrested him,” one witness said.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement sources said there is no indication the 56-year-old driver intended to target police officers or pedestrians.<\/p>\n

The driver, Michael Marsh, was allegedly intoxicated and was well over the legal limit for alcohol.<\/p>\n

He was charged late Thursday with vehicular assault, reckless endangerment and driving while impaired and intoxicated.<\/p>\n

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