A man in Brooklyn was arrested after hitting about 15 parked cars while speeding the wrong way down a Brooklyn street, police said, and the dangerous moments were caught on video
The alleged drunk driver, identified as 47-year-old Ryan Austin, from Georgia, sparked the chaos on East 94th Street in East Flatbush around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. While behind the wheel of a white van, Austin plowed into car after car parked along the street as neighbors tried to break the driver's side window in an effort to stop him.Those who lived nearby came running out of their homes amid the loud crashes and screaming.
Another witness said Austin didn't say anything when he was finally stopped, other than"screaming for the police to come and save him." Austin was arrested and faces a slew of charges, including DWI, driving without a license and reckless endangerment. It was not immediately clear why the Georgia man was driving in Brooklyn
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