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# Gowanus Canal ‘Driver/Diver’ In Hit-And-Run Incident Arraigned Tuesday In Brooklyn Criminal Court
- URL: https://bklyner.com/gowanus-canal-driverdiver-in-hit-and-run-incident-arraigned-tuesday-in-brooklyn-criminal-court-parkslopestoop/
- Published: 2016-01-20T19:09:22.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-20T19:11:00.000Z
- Author: Donny Levit
- Tags: News, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, Park Slope, Brooklyn DA, gowanus canal, hit and run, Matthew Murphy, nypd, #wp

> Car plunges into filthy and frigid Gowanus Canal [https://t.co/6NhNy7D1t8](https://t.co/6NhNy7D1t8?ref=bklyner.com)
> 
> — David Hale (@DavidHa51596823) [January 18, 2016](https://twitter.com/DavidHa51596823/status/689137203352612864?ref=bklyner.com)

A Brooklyn man who drove his car into the Gowanus Canal after fleeing from a ‘hit-and-run’ incident was held on $15,000 bail. Matthew Murphy — the man arraigned Tuesday in the incident — will appear back in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Friday, [according to DNAinfo](https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160119/gowanus/driver-who-crashed-into-gowanus-canal-didnt-have-valid-license-da-says?ref=bklyner.com).

The [hit-and-run incident happened on Monday, January 18](/blog/crime/updated-while-driver-flees-hit-and-run-car-takes-dive-into-icy-toxic-gowanus-canal/). Murphy allegedly ran over the foot of a 49-year-old woman while she was putting her 1-year-old daughter into a Toyota Camry. The incident took place at the intersection of Court and Degraw Streets.

Following that incident, the driver allegedly fled the scene, driving 5 blocks until plunging his 2006 Audi A6 into the icy and toxic Gowanus Canal.

[DNAinfo reports](https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160119/gowanus/driver-who-crashed-into-gowanus-canal-didnt-have-valid-license-da-says?ref=bklyner.com) that “Murphy was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Tuesday on charges of leaving the scene of an accident involving an injury, reckless endangerment, reckless driving, driving without a valid license and misdemeanor assault,” according to court records.

Maurice Deas, who was working on set for the “[The Americans](/blog/transportation/film-shoot-fyi-it-would-be-very-un-american-of-you-to-get-your-car-towed/)” during the incident, told the [New York Post](http://nypost.com/2016/01/18/car-plunges-into-gowanus-canal/?ref=bklyner.com) “\[w\]hat caught my attention was the speed of the car. It was going around 70, 80 mph.”

Deas described the man’s actions, saying “\[h\]e was a little out of it. He kept saying he was an Iraqi war veteran. He was a little delirious. He kept saying the ice made him slip. He was trying to stop.”

According to police sources, both mother and 1-year-old girl were taken to Methodist Hospital after the incident. An update concerning their condition has not yet been provided.