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Fourth person dies after pickup truck plowed into Fourth of July party at NYC park

Three victims were initially pronounced dead at the scene and several others were injured when a pickup truck crashed into a group celebrating July Fourth in Manhattan

Fatal Crash Manhattan

New York City authorities work a crime scene of a deadly crash Friday, July 5, 2024, in the Lower East Side neighborhood in New York. Authorities say a pickup truck drove into a group celebrating the Fourth of July on Thursday night.

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Associated Press

NEW YORK 鈥 A fourth person has died after a driver crashed his pickup truck into a Fourth of July gathering in New York City, police said.

Emily Ruiz, 30, died Tuesday of injuries she sustained when a truck plowed into a group celebrating the holiday in a park on Manhattan鈥檚 Lower East Side, police announced Thursday.


A mother and son are among the dead after a pickup truck struck a group celebrating July Fourth in a Manhattan park

Three victims were initially pronounced dead after the crash, and several others were injured.

Daniel Hyden, 44, of Monmouth, New Jersey, has been charged with crimes including aggravated vehicular homicide, assault, manslaughter and driving while intoxicated.

Tim Pruitt, a lawyer with the Legal Aid Society, which is representing Hyden, said Hyden 鈥渋s entitled to the presumption of innocence and a zealous defense.鈥

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