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U-Haul driver blames ‘invisible object’ for deadly rampage

Weng Sor is walked by New York Police Department detectives out of the 68th Precinct in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Sor, who went on a deadly rampage with a U-Haul truck the day before in New York City, was suffering from an apparent mental health crisis and said he started mowing people down after seeing an “invisible object” coming toward him, police said. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) Weng Sor is walked by New York Police Department detectives out of the 68th Precinct in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Sor was charged Tuesday with murder and attempted murder after he went on a deadly rampage with a U-Haul truck a day earlier in New York City. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) Nadjet Tchenar, the wife of Mohammed Zakaria Salah Rakchi, one of the victims of the U-Haul rampage, pauses during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Lawyer Derek Sells holds a picture next to Nadjet Tchenar, the wife of Mohammed Zakaria Salah Rakchi, one of the victims of the U-Haul rampage, as they speak to the media during a press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) This December 2018 photo provided by the Nevada Department of Corrections shows Weng Sor, who authorities say was driving a U-Haul truck that struck and injured several people in New York City before police were able to pin the vehicle against a building. It followed a mileslong pursuit through Brooklyn. (Nevada Department of Corrections via AP) In this photo taken from security video, a man jumps out of the way as a U-Haul truck drives onto the sidewalk, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Authorities say a man driving a U-Haul truck struck and injured several pedestrians in New York City before police were able to pin the careening vehicle against a building following a mileslong pursuit through Brooklyn. (Jorge Aldaz via AP) Erafin Yaz, 25, looks out from his roof at the caution tape covering the corner of Bay Ridge Avenue and 5th Avenue where pedestrians were struck on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Bay Ridge, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Police have stopped a U-Haul truck and detained the driver after reports that the vehicle struck multiple pedestrians on Monday. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman) People in the neighborhood look out at the scene that happened on the corner of Bay Ridge Avenue and 5th Avenue where pedestrians were struck on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Bay Ridge, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Police have stopped a U-Haul truck and detained the driver after reports that the vehicle struck multiple pedestrians on Monday. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
U-Haul driver blames ‘invisible object’ for deadly rampage