A jury in New York City accepted an insanity defence for Richard Rojas, a 31-year-old who drove his car through a crowd of people in the popular tourist destination Times Square, killing an 18-year-old tourist and injuring more than 20 people, some critically.
Rojas will now face the possibility of “involuntary mental commitment” instead of a long prison sentence for the incident, which took place in 2017.
