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Nov. 5, 2025 – Daniel Hyden, 46, was convicted of four counts of second-degree murder, one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, four counts of second-degree assault and three counts of third-degree assault on Monday, Nov. 3 following a bench trial, according to a press release from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors said Hyden was drunk when his Ford F-150 pickup truck first ran through a stop sign at 39 mph at an intersection in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood on July 4, 2024. He then traveled through a construction zone at speeds up to 54 mph before crashing through a chain link fence and into the crowd at Corlears Hook Park.
“Hyden had fully pressed down his gas pedal and did not hit his brakes until one-half second before the final crash,” the release states. “Four people were trapped underneath the pickup truck, with seven others struck and injured by the truck or debris.”
Lucille Pinkney, 59, Herman Pinkney, 38, and Ana Morel, 43, were pronounced dead at the scene while Emily Ruiz, 30, died five days later, per the press release and The New York Times, which reported the victims’ ages.
