TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Dramatic video shows an eerily empty Times Square after a speeding driver plowed into pedestrians and crashed into a pole causing the car to catch fire.
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Police took the driver, 26-year-old Richard Rojas from the Bronx into custody. Initial tests have come back negative for alcohol but positive for drugs.
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One person was killed and 22 others were hurt.
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The crash happened near 44th Street and Seventh Avenue, at the heart of Times Square near Broadway just before noon on Thursday.