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An 18-year-old woman was killed and at least 23 people injured May 18 when a speeding car plowed into pedestrians in Manhattan’s bustling Times Square, city officials said.

The driver of the 2009 Honda Accord is in custody, New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill said. The motorist, 26-year-old Richard Rojas of the Bronx, has been arrested twice in the past for drunken driving, he said.