Three people were killed and at least seven hurt when a suspected drunk driver plowed a truck into a New York City park on the night of July 4, according to reports Friday . The driver blew through a stop sign, left the road and drove into Corlears Hook Park, on the Lower East Side, shortly before 9 p.m.
, according to the NYPD. Four people were underneath the truck when cops arrived. The park had been full of people grilling and celebrating July 4, according to the New York Times .
“You hear everyone’s screaming, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, stop, slow down.’ And he didn’t stop. He wasn’t able to stop,” Shi Jackson, who was near the park, told the New York Times.
“I remember seeing small children on stretchers.” The driver was stopped from leaving the scene by parkgoers and was arrested. Former President Donald Trump's Fourth of July zoom call to veterans featured boasts, exaggerations, glitches — and left one person in the crowd with her head in her hands, according to a new report.
Trump surprised a crowd gathered at Post 3282 Veterans of Foreign Wars in Florida with an eight-minute speech about how much he loved the military, but failed to honor a 103-year-old veteran as planned, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported . "It was a receptive audience for the presumptive Republican nominee," the News-Journal reported, but added, "Not everyone was thrilled. At least one veteran held her head in her hands.
" Trump appears to have made at least two calls to Veterans in.
