Photo gallery: Scene of Times Square incident

Richard Rojas, of the Bronx, N.Y., appears during his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on May 19, 2017.

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Associated Press

May 18, 2017 9:37 AM PT

A 26-year-old Navy veteran named Richard Rojas, who appeared to be intoxicated, steered his car onto a sidewalk running through the heart of Times Square Thursday, killing a teenager and injuring 22 others, before he was tackled by bystanders, authorities said.

Police officials inspect a car crash, Thursday, May 18, 2017, in New York’s Times Square. A man drove his car the wrong way up the Times Square street and plowed into pedestrians on the sidewalk injuring dozens authorities and witnesses said.

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A police officer inspects a car crash, May 18, 2017, in New York’s Times Square. A man who appeared intoxicated drove his car the wrong way up the Times Square street and plowed into pedestrians on the sidewalk injuring dozens authorities and witnesses said.

(Mark Lennihan / AP)

Police officers in protective clothes look over evidence at the scene of a fatal car crash, where a man steered his car onto a sidewalk in Times Square, New York, Thursday, May 18, 2017.

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First responders assist one of the victims of a car crash in Times Square on May 18, 2017. A man who appeared intoxicated drove his car the wrong way up a Times Square street and plowed into pedestrians on the sidewalk injuring dozens authorities and witnesses said.

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