A suspected “emotionally disturbed” New York man crashed a car into an Uber leaving a concert in Rochester on New Year’s Eve, leaving two dead and more injured.
At around 12:50 a.m., Michael Avery, 35, from Syracuse, drove a rented Ford Expedition, a large SUV, toward a crowd leaving a rock concert by the band Moe at the Kodak Center. About 1,000 people were leaving the venue.
Avery crashed into an Uber carrying a couple, who both died, according to police. The Uber driver survived and was transported to the hospital.
The cars also hit three pedestrians and injured a total of nine people.
“The force of the collision caused the two vehicles to go through a group of pedestrians that were in the crosswalk and then into two other vehicles,” Police Chief David Smith said at a press conference Monday.
Both cars erupted into flames, and it took the fire department close to an hour to…
