Alyssa Elsman 18 Of Michigan is Woman Killed In Times Square. The woman who was killed in Times Square by a driver who plowed into pedestrians has been identified. Alyssa Elsman, 18, was from Portage, Michigan — located directly to the south of Kalamazoo. Elsman graduated from Portage High School in 2016. Elsman’s 13-year-old sister was among 22 others who were injured. Four of victims were initially reported in critical condition. Six others were rushed to Mount Sinai West Hospital, with two in serious condition and four others expected to be treated and released. Friends mourned Elsman’s death on social media Thursday night.
The woman killed in a deranged driver’s bloody Times Square rampage on Thursday was an 18-year-old tourist who lived in a small Michigan town but loved the glittery spectacle of New York City. Alyssa Elsman of Portage, Mich., was vacationing with family when she and her 13-year-old sister found themselves in the path of the speeding car driven onto a sidewalk by Richard Rojas, 26, who also injured 21 other pedestrians in the attack. The siblings were struck just before noon as they walked along the sidewalk of Seventh Avenue, between West 42nd and 43rd streets, police officials said. Elsman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her sister was taken to an area hospital, cops said. Less than an hour before the horrific crash, Elsman had posted a video on Instagram showing her standing atop the red staircase above the TKTS booth in Duffy Square, where she had visited one year ago.
