Driver charged with DWI after crashing into stairs at 157th Street subway station in Washington Heights
NEW YORK -- There was a peculiar scene on the streets of Washington Heights on Friday morning. A driver behind the wheel of an SUV hit the entrance to a subway staircase at 157th Street and Broadway.
It all unfolded at 9:15 a.m., well before a lot of businesses around in the area were open post-Thanksgiving.
Just when we thought we've seen everything in New York City, we were proven wrong. Things were back to normal in the evening at the subway station and, surprisingly, there was no damage.
"Nobody was hurt. That was the main thing," witness Marty Morua said.
Surveillance video shows a Nissan Rogue slowly veering off of Broadway onto the sidewalk, and just right of the stairs, without hitting anyone. It made it a short distance down before being wedged between the railings.
The driver, 25-year-old Miguel Delacruz-Martinez, was taken into custody and charged with reckless endangerment and driving while intoxicated. Morua said the driver appeared calm when being taken into the ambulance.
"I got off the train going southbound. About 10 minutes later, I was up a block north. A lot of police cars coming down and I walked over, ambulances. It was very quiet, so I didn't hear the crash, which is interesting and luckily Friday after Thanksgiving there's no school. Most stores are closed," Morua said.
Police said that driver could be arraigned as soon as Friday night, adding the incident is still under investigation.
