#FDNY confirms 1 fatality, 12 injuries in Times Square motor vehicle accident, 45 St/Broadway pic.twitter.com/M3aEHZw7Go
— FDNY (@FDNY) May 18, 2017
BREAKING: Speeding vehicle strikes pedestrians on sidewalk in New York City's Times Square - building announcement pic.twitter.com/9QrgmCpVTo
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 18, 2017
Police identified the woman as Alyssa Elsman, a resident of Portage, Michigan.
Rojas, 26, of the Bronx, tested positive for PCP and told police that God made him do it, a law enforcement source told CNN.
The suspect, who suffered from "psychological issues," told police he expected officers to shoot him, according to the source.
Rojas has been arrested twice in New York -- in 2015 and 2008 -- for drunken driving, New York Police Commissioner James O'Neill told CNN.
The incident, which was reported around 12 p.m., did not appear to be related to terrorism, authorities said.
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