side of 7th avenue at west 42nd street in times square. the vehicle occupied by a male driver proceeded to driver at a high rate of speed along the sidewalk from 42nd street to 45th street striking a number of pedestrians along the way. the honda eventually came to a stop on the north west corner of west 45th street where it collided with a metal. along the route it struck 23 pedestrians causing multiple injuries and one fatality. 22 victims were moved to local hospitals. the driver, a 26-year-old male identified as richard rohas, a resident of the bronx, was taken into custody at the scene. preliminary investigation reveals that rohas has a few arrests and two of them are for a dwi. detectives are currently refusing any other criminal history for the subject.
dwis. rojas made a wrong turn and plowed in tto pedestrians befor about his honda came to a stop on the northwest corner of west 45th street where the vehicle hit a blockade. there is no indication that this was an act of terrorism. kristen dahlgren is live in times square. what is the latest down there? reporter: they still have the streets here blocked off about a two block radius around where the accident happened. let me set the scene for you. 26-year-old richard rojas driving down 7th avenue. he came to 42nd street and did a quick u-turn on to the sidewalk. and for 3 1/2 blocks drove down the sidewalk at a high rate of speed, one of the busiest areas in the world striking pedestrians as he went along. he struck an 18-year-old are girl, she was killed. he also hit her 13-yeaold
17 minutes past the hour. if you re just joining us, we want to bring you up to date on breaking news. an arrest in the failed times square bombing plot. we want to show you first the events that led up to this over the past few days. it was at 6:28 in the evening when a video surveillance camera shows an suv entering west 45th street. two minutes later a t-shirt vendor alerts a mounted officer about a suspicious suv filling with smoke and hazard lights on and engine still running. the officer sets up a perimeter and clears busy out. it was a busy area in the heart of the theater district before the shows start. at 2:00 a.m., mayor michael
person who drove the car into times square. a search warrant is being executed in connecticut, at what is believed to be his last known address. deb feyerick is gathering information as we speak this morning. law enforcement officials tell us he is the person who bought the suv and found smoking on 45th street and broadway on saturday afternoon. shahzad was nabbed at jfk around midnight trying to leave the country on the flight to dubai. a source tells us shahzad was already on the flight waiting to leave and there is differing information on whether or not they delayed his arrest because they were hoping to catch him making a phone call prior to takeoff, or whether or not because we also learned his name was not on the flight manifest, so some say he was nabbed in the nick of time. that s one of narratives we re sorting out over time. we should know more about the
identified the person who that car belongs to and they re trying to talk to him right now. now, at a news conference earlier tonight, new york police commissioner ray kelly said that they found some videotape they think that might be of the suspect. listen. we re currently examining video that shows a white male in his 40s, in shubert alley, looking back in the direction of west 45th street. he also was seen shedding a dark-colored shirt, revealing a red one underneath. he put the darker one into a bag that he was carrying. this happened about a half block from where the vehicle was parked. reporter: and there could be more images of this person, because police have also said they are on their way to a town in pennsylvania right now to talk to a tourist who was here who believes that he captured an image of that man while he was