By Associated Press - Friday, March 20, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) - Police say a taxi has hurtled onto a sidewalk and hit three pedestrians in New York City, killing one man and critically injuring another man and a 5-year-old girl.

It happened around 6:30 p.m. Friday on Grand Concourse near 170th Street, near the Highbridge section of the Bronx.

Authorities say one man died at the scene. The 5-year-old girl and a 65-year-old man have been taken to a hospital in critical condition.



It’s not immediately whether any of the pedestrians were related.

Police don’t have immediate information on the status of the taxi driver.

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