GUILTY NY - Mohammed Akkas Ali, 62, killed by DUI driver, East Village, NYC, 19 June 2013

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NEW YORK (AP) — Police and fire officials say eight people have been injured, one of them critically, after a car jumped a curb and slammed into a Manhattan store.

The white car hit the 24-hour grocery in the East Village around 7 a.m. Wednesday......more.....

 

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http://www.centurylink.net/news/rea...p-8_hurt_some_seriously_when_car_jumps_cur-ap

Updated 1 hour ago:

NEW YORK (AP) — A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight people, witnesses and officials said.

A 60-year-old grocery store worker was critically hurt in the 6:30 a.m. crash, which left half a city block in shambles.

Police arrested the driver, Shaun Martin, who they said was driving under the influence of either alcohol or drugs.

Investigators were still trying to determine how fast the car was moving, but one witness who saw the wreck unfold said he saw two vehicles racing down Second Avenue at a frightening speed.

"They were swerving around cars. When the white car swerved right, it lost control," said Dr. Alvaro Alban........more....

 

[CHERIE.T]

Glad the driver was arrested....there is no reason for drinkers to drive...ever. Praying for those injured. Imo

 

[0101ABA]

A maniac driver who floored his car on Second Ave. while high on PCP and methamphetamine — killing an immigrant florist and injuring others — gave them little chance to get out of the way, prosecutors said Friday.

"He wasn't just speeding, he was accelerating," Assistant District Attorney Constantine Coritsidis argued in his opening statement at Shaun Martin's trial in Manhattan Supreme Court.

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Martin is on trial for murder in the death of 62-year-old Mohammed Akkas Ali, 62, who was getting off his shift at the East Village Farm and Grocery Store.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/trial-driver-killed-florist-high-pcp-starts-article-1.2677929

 

[OkieGranny]

http://nypost.com/2016/07/20/driver-who-plowed-into-deli-while-stoned-found-guilty-of-murder/

A doped-up driver who plowed into an East Village deli, killing one man and injuring three others, blubbered like a baby Wednesday as a judge pronounced him “guilty”...

Martin is due back in court Sept. 21 for sentencing.