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Eyes on the Street: “RUDE 1” Jumps the Curb on East 12th Street

Via EVGrieve, this was scene on East 12th Street near First Avenue on Wednesday evening. A crew of local bloggers and tweeters have crowdsourced some of the details about what happened. Five people were hurt, luckily none seriously, according to EVGrieve's email tipster. Neighborhood blogger Chris O'Leary found out from an officer at the scene that the driver was drunk and fled on foot. He also tracked down this picture, via Twitter, of what looks to be the offender's vehicle. (And found another aftermath shot here.)

By Ben Fried

4:43 PM EDT on April 2, 2010

Photo: JRomanceOnline

Via EVGrieve, this was scene on East 12th Street near First Avenue on Wednesday evening. A crew of local bloggers and tweeters have crowdsourced some of the details about what happened. Five people were hurt, luckily none seriously, according to EVGrieve’s email tipster. Neighborhood blogger Chris O’Leary found out from an officer at the scene that the driver was drunk and fled on foot. He also tracked down this picture, via Twitter, of what looks to be the offender’s vehicle. (And found another aftermath shot here.)

“RUDE 1,” eh? There’s a song for this occasion, but I’m not sure the lyrics will hold true in this case:

Stop your fooling around
Time you straightened right out
Better think of your future
Else you’ll wind up in jail
Rudy, a message to you

Ben Fried

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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