First responders examine an automobile after its driver lost control and plowed into a group of trick-or-treaters in New York, Oct. 31, 2015.(Photo: David Greene, AP)
A driver who plowed his car into a group of trick-or-treaters in New York, killing three people, may have suffered a seizure, according to police.
Police believe the driver may have had a seizure<span style="color: Red;">*</span>or experienced some other medical problem and lost control of his car, but investigators have not yet confirmed this as the cause of the crash, police said.
The path of the vehicle left a bloody trail of bodies and costumes, according to the Associated Press. A<span style="color: Red;">*</span>10-year-old girl and her grandfather were among those killed.
Dozens of children and their families were along the street in the Bronx around 5 p.m. Saturday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>when the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>car veered out of control. All of those injured or killed were part of two extended families, according to the
New York<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Post.
"I saw a torso on the sidewalk. I didn't know if it was a Halloween dummy or a real person," neighbor Fabio Cotza told the newspaper.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"I just grabbed a whole bunch of towels and ran outside."
The driver, a 52-year-old man, was at the wheel<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a black, 2011 Dodge Charger, police said. After hitting the rear of Toyota Camry, the Charger crossed double-yellow lines along Morris Park Avenue before jumping a curb and striking six people,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>police said.
"There was a family of kids trick-or-treating, walking behind me," Kristina DeJesus told WABC-TV. "All of a sudden ... I heard the boom, and the car like literally jumped over a parked car and flew into the gate, hitting a bunch of people."
Louis Perez, 65, of the Bronx, suffered severe head trauma and died at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the scene of the crash, police said.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>His granddaughter, Nyanna Aquil, 10, and Kristian Leka, 24, all Bronx residents, were both transported to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx<span style="color: Red;">*</span>where they were pronounced dead, according to police.
Perez's 3-year-old granddaughter, Jasmine Aquil, was also injured and transported to Jacobi, according to the
New York Post. Others hospitalized were a 9-year-old girl and a woman who was 21 years old, according to police.
Police said the driver was in stable condition at Jacobi.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>No charges had been filed.
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