"Cops arrested the driver behind a horrific hit-and-run crash in Midtown on Wednesday that instantly killed one tourist and seriously injured another. Police reported that the suspect allegedly operated a green minivan with a novelty license plate reading Times Square on the back. According to Police sources, the bloody incident unfolded steps from the New York Public Library on 40th Street and 5th Avenue around 2:20 p.m."
"I just saw blood all over the ground, and the guy trying to survive, like leaning up, and then the police came, but there was no ambulance, and then the guy just kind of disappeared, but the woman was still on the ground, and her head was off, Wyatt said. I don't know that I'll ever unsee this."
"Sources familiar with the investigation report that the victims are a married couple visiting the Big Apple from Germany. Officers from the Midtown South Precinct responded along with EMS units, who pronounced the woman dead at the scene. Paramedics rushed the wounded man to Bellevue Hospital Center, but he is expected to survive his injuries."
A driver in Midtown reversed a green minivan into two tourists around 2:20 p.m. on 40th Street and 5th Avenue, pinning them against a box truck. The impact instantly decapitated the 50-year-old woman and severely injured the 55-year-old man. The driver fled but was later arrested. The victims were a married couple visiting from Germany. EMS units pronounced the woman dead at the scene and transported the man to Bellevue Hospital Center; he is expected to survive. Witnesses described graphic aftermath with blood on the ground. Police noted the minivan had a novelty "Times Square" plate and continued a preliminary investigation.
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