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Bicycles and debris lies on a bike path after a motorist drove onto the path near the World Trade Center memorial, striking and killing several people Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017.  (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Bicycles and debris lies on a bike path after a motorist drove onto the path near the World Trade Center memorial, striking and killing several people Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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Bicycles and debris lies on a bike path after a motorist drove onto the path near the World Trade Center memorial, striking and killing several people Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017.  (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Authorities respond near a damaged school bus Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. A motorist drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial and struck several people on Tuesday police and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
New York Police Department officers gather near the scene after a motorist drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial and struck several people Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Emergency personnel carry a man into an ambulance after a motorist drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial and struck several people Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
New York Police Department officers investigate the scene around a body covered under a white sheet next to a mangled bike along the bike path Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Authorities respond near a damaged school bus Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. A motorist drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial and struck several people on Tuesday police and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Authorities investigate the scene around a body covered under a white sheet next to a mangled bike along the bike path Tuesday Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

WASHINGTON — Several people are dead and others injured after a motorist drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial in New York City and struck several people.

Photos of the scene showed bodies lying motionless on bike path beneath tarps and mangled bicycles.

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