Woman, 18, killed as car mows down pedestrians in New York's Times Square

An 18-year-old woman killed by a car that barrelled down a pavement in New York's Times Square was a tourist, police said.

Alyssa Elsman, from Portage, Michigan, died and 23 people were struck by the car before it was stopped by a security barrier. Police said the woman's 13-year-old sister was among the injured.