The New York Police Department said Thursday that the car-ramming incident — an incident that sparked concern among New York’s Jews — was an accident.
CCTV footage circulating online shows a black minivan speeding towards a group of women identifiable as Jewish, pushing strollers.
While many social media users denounced a possible hate crime, a police spokesperson clarified that it was a “car collision” that occurred on Tuesday.
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Police say a 69-year-old man, driving a 2014 Toyota, turned right onto Nostrand Avenue at the intersection of Kings Highway, hitting three pedestrians.
The intersection is located near the Kingsway Jewish Center, in a neighborhood with a large Jewish population.
Two women, aged 62 and 56, as well as a one-year-old child were injured in the accident, New York police said. Rescuers transported them to Maimonides Hospital, where their condition was described as stable.
New York City Deputy Police Chief Richie Taylor, the highest-ranking Orthodox Jew on the force, told the Times of Israel that the collision was due to “extreme inattention” on the part of the driver. He remained at the scene after the incident and apologized.
“This is in no way a criminal act,” Taylor said.
This incident occurred the day after a car-ramming attack in New Orleans.
Last May, a man was arrested for a hate crime after trying to hit Orthodox Jews with his car in Brooklyn.
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