New York City, New York: Suspected Drunk Driver Plows Into NYPD Halloween Event in Bushwick, Injuring Four Including a Child

Updated 08:59 UTC: Police have charged the driver, Michael Marsh, 56, of Crown Heights, with vehicular assault, reckless endangerment, three counts related to driving while intoxicated, driving on the sidewalk and driving without a seatbelt, according to the NYPD. The police count of the injured is six people, not the four first reported. The six are a 31-year-old woman and her two daughters, ages 6 and 11, an 8-year-old boy, a 74-year-old woman and a 53-year-old woman, and all six were in stable condition, the NYPD said. Law enforcement sources told the New York Post that Marsh was driving with a blood alcohol level of .26. FOX 5 New York reported that Marsh was arrested after the crash and that his 46-year-old passenger is not facing charges at this time. Police have not released the names of the injured.

A suspected drunk driver plowed into four people, including a child, during a Halloween event outside a Brooklyn police precinct on Thursday afternoon, police and sources said. The crash happened around 4 p.m. outside the 83rd Precinct stationhouse in Bushwick, where families had gathered for a Trunk or Treat event.

Police said the 56-year-old motorist lost control of his black sedan and mounted the curb on Knickerbocker Avenue near Bleecker Street, hitting the victims on the sidewalk outside the stationhouse. He also struck a private ambulance that was stationed outside for the event, authorities said.

Three adults and one child were taken to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where they were listed in stable condition, police said. A few other people were checked at the scene by EMS, the FDNY said. Police did not release the names or ages of the people who were hurt.

The driver was taken into police custody, where he was undergoing an alcohol breathalyzer test, sources said. There was no indication that he intentionally targeted the police officers or children at the event, and the incident was not terror related, according to the sources.

Trunk or Treat events are a Halloween week fixture in the city, with precincts and community groups handing out candy from decorated car trunks so children can celebrate on a closed, supervised stretch of street. The 83rd Precinct covers Bushwick, a neighborhood in northern Brooklyn where the stationhouse sits on Knickerbocker Avenue, a busy commercial corridor.

What happened on Thursday turned that setting upside down in seconds. The sedan came up onto the curb where families were standing, struck the group of four, and hit the ambulance parked for the event before stopping. Emergency personnel who were already at the precinct for the event were on the scene immediately.

By Thursday evening, police had announced no charges and had not released the driver's name. The investigation is continuing, and the four people taken to Wyckoff Heights remained in stable condition in the latest reports. Anyone who saw the crash is likely to be asked to speak with investigators as police work out how the sedan left the roadway.