A car has ploughed into a group of trick-or-treaters and their families in New York City, killing three people, including a 10-year-old girl.
The victims were hit by car the after it mounted the sidewalk on Saturday afternoon in the Morris Park neighbourhood of the Bronx, a New York Police Department spokesman said.
A 65-year-old man suffered severe head injuries and died at the scene, while a 24-year-old man and the 10-year-old girl were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.
Witness Charlie Castagnozzi was quoted in the New York Post as saying he heard a car “accelerate”.
“I turned around and I saw that he hit the car in front of him,” he said.
Castagnozzi said the driver then “sideswiped a bus”, before crashing through a metal fence and into the front yard of a house.
Authorities said a three-year-old girl was in a critical condition in hospital, and a 21-year-old woman and a nine-year-old girl were also receiving treatment.
The 52-year-old driver of the car was also taken to hospital.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash, reports Sky News.
Police said an investigation is ongoing.
