Sad Chucky

In the original 1998 film, Chucky is a malicious serial killer who, when bleeding out from a gunshot wound, transfers his soul into a nearby ‘Good Guy’ doll and attempts to transfer it back into a human body throughout the films. Chucky is one of horror’s most notorious icons, having been referenced in several works outside of the franchise. Discussing Chucky’s design, his creator Don Mancini said, “In my original script, he was originally called Buddy, and we couldn’t use it because of the ‘My Buddy’ doll. The director went out and got a ‘My Buddy’ doll, a Raggedy Ann, a Raggedy Andy and one of those life-size baby infants.” “What I told [designer] Kevin Yagher was, I wanted something similar to a My Buddy doll,” Mancini added, “I described ‘Buddy’ in my original script, now ‘Chucky’, as wearing red-buttoned overalls, red sneakers, striped sweater, with red hair, blue eyes, and freckles. Kevin went off and sketched many designs of Chucky, until the final was picked. Yagher then built the first doll from those sketches and my details”. Fascinatingly, Chucky also is a homage to a real-life story concerning an equally creepy doll from 1906. The doll is named Robert, and he had been gifted to a young boy from Key West, Florida, by the name of Robert Eugene Otto.

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In the original 1998 film, Chucky is a malicious serial killer who, when bleeding out from a gunshot wound, transfers his soul into a nearby ‘Good...

The driver of a pick-up truck has been charged after an accident in Midtown claimed the life of a 78-year-old woman, police said.According to the NYPD, the accident occurred on July 1 at 11:07 a.m. at the intersection of East 58th St. and Second Avenue just a block from the Roosevelt Island tram station and near the entrance to the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. <hr /><blockquote>Want more Midtown news? <a href="https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/subscribe">Sign up for Patch's free daily newsletter and breaking news alerts.</a></blockquote><hr />Mieczyslaw Truskowski, 63, of Staten Island, was arrested on the scene and charged with Failure to Yield to a Pedestrian. Teresa Martinelli, 78, of the Upper East Side, was transported to New York Presbyterian Hospital, where she died. Truskowski was trying to make a left turn onto 58th Street when he struck the woman as she was in the crosswalk. He was taken into custody at the scene.There were seven accidents at that same intersection in May alone, the latest month for which the NYPD provides collision data. Two of those accidents involved Failure to Yield cases. No one was killed, but there were four injuries.Photo Credit: Patch

The driver of a pick-up truck has been charged after an accident in Midtown claimed the life of a 78-year-old woman, police said.

According to the NYPD, the accident occurred on July 1 at 11:07 a.m. at the intersection of East 58th St. and Second Avenue just a block from the Roosevelt Island tram station and near the entrance to the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. <hr /><blockquote>Want more Midtown news? <a href="https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/subscribe">Sign up for Patch’s free daily newsletter and breaking news alerts.</a></blockquote><hr />Mieczyslaw Truskowski, 63, of Staten Island, was arrested on the scene and charged with Failure to Yield to a Pedestrian. Teresa Martinelli, 78, of the Upper East Side, was transported to New York Presbyterian Hospital, where she died.

Truskowski was trying to make a left turn onto 58th Street when he struck the woman as she was in the crosswalk. He was taken into custody at the scene.There were seven accidents at that same intersection in May alone, the latest month for which the NYPD provides collision data. Two of those accidents involved Failure to Yield cases. No one was killed, but there were four injuries.

The accident occurred July 1 at the intersection of 58th Street and Second Ave.