Driver convicted of murder after his truck plowed into a July 4 barbecue in NYC, killing 4

NEW YORK (AP) — A into a July Fourth barbecue and was convicted Monday of murder in the 2024 wreck in a New York City park.

A Manhattan judge delivered the verdict in Daniel Hyden's trial, where victims' relatives, survivors and witnesses described how a holiday gathering of friends and relatives suddenly became a horrific scene when the truck jumped a curb, tore through a chain-link fence and barreled into the group.