Impaired Driver Strikes Cars, Pedestrians in Manhattan

A car jumped the curb in midtown Manhattan Wednesday night striking and injuring seven people in the process.
The woman behind the wheel, hit a person, and then drove into oncoming traffic striking multiple vehicles before hitting several shoppers on the sidewalk. Authorities say the 34-year-old female driver and her male passenger were among the injured. All seven were hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. It happened at 10 p.m. on West 34th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues in the Herald Square shopping district in front of clothing stores.