At least 7 injured in New York as vehicle plows through outdoor dining area
Car flew into outdoor dining setup in Manhattan, NYPD said
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}At least seven people — including two children — were injured Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash that sent a car careening into an outdoor dining setup in Manhattan, police said.
The chain reaction smash-up occurred just after 8:30 a.m. when a white van hit a black sedan, sending the car hurtling through the dining area at the intersection of East 50th Street and Second Avenue.
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The van kept going, plowing into another structure, police said.
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Videos on Citizen app show the dramatic aftermath — piles of debris scattered in the intersection just outside a Starbucks, as well as a traffic light and street sign that were mowed down.
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Airbags inside the sedan, which had front-end damage, were deployed.
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A driver was taken into custody and may have been under the influence, police said.
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The FDNY said seven people — five adults and two kids — were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
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No one was in the outdoor dining area at the time of the crash, police said.
This report originally appeared in the New York Post.