Motor scooter plows into crowd at Commodore Barry Park in F…

Pedestrian Hit Commodore Barry New York in Commodore Barry, New York: A driver of a motorized scooter crashed into a group of people celebrating inside Commodore Barry Park near Flushing Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, on Sunday evening around 6:40 p.m., sending a dozen victims to the hospital. Police identified the woman on the scooter as 53-year-old Neisha Atkinson of Brooklyn and charged her with reckless endangerment, reckless driving, failure to yield to pedestrians, and possessing an improper license. Victims range in age from 36 to 73, with four in critical condition; Atkinson was also among those hospitalized. Witnesses gave conflicting accounts, with some saying a male driver ran off after the crash.