Gothamist76%
2 men dead after alleged drunk driver hits pedestrians and cars on Upper West Side 2%
By Giulia Heyward57%
5/16/2026, 2:34:04 PM
Topics: Manhattan, Public Safety
Keywords: Manhattan, Public Safety
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Primacy Effect, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 38.7% saturation with 70 hits. Analysis detected 240 faulty-reasoning hits from 181 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 12.7% and a BS Rank of 2% (16,489 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.10% of the article peer group.
Two pedestrians died and several others are being treated for injuries after a man lost control of his car during an alleged drunk-driving incident on the Upper West Side Friday evening.
Police said a 61-year-old man had been driving a Mercedes Benz SUV while traveling northbound near 109th Street and Amsterdam Avenue around 6 p.m.
They said the driver lost control of the vehicle, colliding with two parked cars and striking five pedestrians.
Pictures from the scene show the Mercedes Benz with heavy damage and on the sidewalk.
Police said the pedestrians were men ranging in ages from 35 to 51 years old.
All of the pedestrians were transported to local hospitals in critical condition.
Two of the men, ages 35 and 46, were pronounced deceased, police said on Saturday morning.
The Mercedes Benz’s driver remained on scene and was later taken into custody, authorities said.
Police have not yet released his name.
The incident is being investigated by the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad.
Confirmation Bias
8.3%Confirmation Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Framing Effect
25.4%Framing Effect
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Halo Effect
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
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Unattributed Quote
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181 words analyzed.
Analysis
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