No charges in holiday car crash
A man who drove his SUV into a Hanukkah party on Long Island won’t face charges in the crash, which police said might have been caused by a stuck floor mat.
Thursday’s crash in Woodmere injured 14 people, including the 76-year-old driver, psychologist Theodore Saretsky. He was released from the hospital Friday. Two children remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
Nassau County investigators are looking at the possibility that the vehicle’s floor mat was stuck between the gas pedal and brake when Saretsky lost control, police spokesman John Mullaney said.
Saretsky swerved and drove his 2007 BMW X3 through a plate-glass window into the building where Orthodox Jewish families were celebrating Hanukkah. About 150 people were at the party.
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