Times Square car crash driver Richard Rojas 'heard voices'
Source: BBC
A man who drove a car along three blocks of pavement in New York's Times Square, killing a teenager and injuring 22 people, said he had "heard voices", according to law enforcement sources.
Richard Rojas, 26, a US navy veteran who was arrested twice previously for drunk driving, is now in custody.
He also said he expected to die, the sources told AP news agency.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39971309
Princess Turandot
(4,791 posts)he had been driving down 7th Avenue, a one-way south bound street. When he reached 42nd Street, he inexplicably made a U-turn in the intersection, and started back up 7th, but on the sidewalk.
Link to tweet
This happened just before noon. Ten minutes later, there would have people streaming out of area office buildings going to lunch. Even more people likely would have been hurt.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,075 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)This sorry excuse for a human being needs to be locked up for the rest of his life. He's a habitual drunk who was foreseeably going to kill someone.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,414 posts)This wasn't loss of control or judgement; this was killing on purpose. He did a U turn and drove the wrong way for 3 blocks. He meant to carry on hitting people.
tblue37
(65,552 posts)people. It sounds like suicide by cop + wanting to go out with a bang and become famous for it.
forgotmylogin
(7,540 posts)He's going to jail or a medical facility.
Mosby
(16,422 posts)Ilsa
(61,717 posts)Lack of sleep can cause one to hear voices, hallucinate.
This is so tragic. So many people hurt, and one killed.
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)New research shows the sonic blast wave from IEDs can cause micro-injuries in the brain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/us/ptsd-blast-waves-research.html?_r=0
Ilsa
(61,717 posts)SunSeeker
(51,811 posts)Alas, he was just another veteran we let languish without adequate mental health care.