2 dead, 3 critically injured by out-of-control car driver, 61, on Upper West Side ^56.8%

New York Daily News - By Kerry Burke, Colin Mixson - 5/15/2026, 11:45 PM

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Two people died and three were critically injured after a 61-year-old driver plowed his Mercedes-Benz into a crowd of pedestrians on Manhattan’s Upper West Side Friday, cops said. The driver was heading north on Amsterdam Ave. in his black GLC 300 SUV when he lost control near W. 109th St. around 6 p.m., according to law enforcement. The... more