2 dead after truck strikes, injures multiple people on Lower East Side: NYPD
LOWER MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Two people are dead, and others are in critical condition after a pickup truck struck multiple people in the Lower East Side Thursday night, police said.
It happened near Gouverneur Slip and Jackson Street at 8:55 p.m., according to police.
Several people were injured, police said.
An auto extraction was also needed, police said.
The victims were all taken to area hospitals. One 44-year-old man was taken into custody, police said.
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