Within minutes, the scene was swallowed by flashing lights and hushed horror. Shoes without owners lay in the crosswalk. A stroller, twisted and empty, leaned against a shattered bus stop. Strangers who had been scrolling their phones seconds earlier pressed shirts against wounds, whispering, “Stay with me,” to people they had never met. The city’s endless motion froze, just for a moment, around the question no siren could drown out: why?
Police led the 61-year-old driver away as cameras clicked, but answers did not follow. Was it rage, illness, distraction, or something darker? Families of the dead received calls that split their lives into before and after. Survivors woke in hospital rooms to a reality they never chose. And the street, swept and reopened, now carries an invisible scar, reminding every passerby how fast the world can break without warni