Crash starts New Year with a bang in Bay Ridge
The New Year, 2013, started dangerously in Bay Ridge after two people were arrested for allegedly causing a serious accident on 93rd Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, in the early morning hours of January 1.
The 34-year-old driver of the vehicle, identified by the NYPD as Charles Amado, of Staten Island, was arrested and charged with four counts of aggravated assault, driving under the influence and reckless driving after he allegedly slammed his car into four pedestrians and several parked vehicles, according to police reports. All of the victims were taken to Lutheran Medical Center, and one of the victims was hospitalized in serious condition, according to a police source.
Witnesses say the driver had previously had a verbal dispute inside 93 Lounge, a neighborhood watering hole located on the block where the crash occurred.