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My colleague, Adam Gabbatt, is on the scene at Times Square, speaking to witnesses.

Abdel Dosokey, 20, was working in a falafel cart at Broadway and 43rd St, on the east side of Times Square, when the incident happened.

“I saw a car go onto the sidewalk and hit a lot of people,” Dosokey said.

“He went into the sidewalk and a lot of people were hit down after that”.

Dosokey said he wasn’t sure how many people were injured. “After just two minutes I see the cops around the area and the ambulances,” he said.