appeared to be under the influence. he is now being tested in police custody. >> kristen dahlgren, thank you very much. eugene o'donnell is professor of law and police studies at the john j. college of criminal justice and he joins me now. also former nypd officer. thank you very much for joining us. certainly is scare write situation. immediately people's minds jumped to terrorism, but dwi, lot of folks kill people because they are driving under the influence. >> and this looks purposeful. so the idea that this is an accident, we have to wait with and see. three blocks -- >> because he drove for so long? >> for so long. interesting toee what e witnesses have to say, but seems that he trove until he could t dri anymore, he hit a barrier. >> and give us a sense of the area. this is highly populated. the area that he was driving down, is is that one of the pedestrian walkways? they expanded the walkways in times square a few years ago to