Twelve people were injured when a woman driving a motorcycle plowed through a Brooklyn park, knocking down several pedestrians in her path.
Neisha Atkinson, 53, has since been charged after she allegedly lost control of her three-wheeled Can-Am trike and crashed into Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene around 6:40 p.m Sunday.
Ten people were injured when a woman drove a motorcycle into Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene on Sunday. David Burns/@FD4D for the NY PostSeven men and five women, of the ages 36 to 73, and Atkinson suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to the NYPD.
She has since been charged with two counts of reckless endangerment, reckless driving, failure to yield, and improper licensing. Atkinson was hospitalized but is recovering.
Mike Smith, who knows Atkinson, said she’s “not a bad person.”
Four of the 10 people injured are in critical, but stable condition. Six others are in stable condition. David Burns/@FD4D for the NY Post“I’m telling you she’s a good person,” he told WABC.
Photos of the aftermath captured debris littered around the three-wheeler as officers and shocked bystanders swarmed the scene.
“She turned and she hit everybody over here,” eyewitness Kim Tammy said, describing the chaotic scenes.
“Everybody that was sitting here went up in the air.”
One witness told PIX11 he saw the bike hit two people “at the same time” and believes he saw someone with a “gash in the back of their head.”
“It could’ve been worse,” he added.
An investigation into the crash is underway.
