A New Jersey man accused of killing four people after driving into a crowd on the Lower East Side on the Fourth of July has been charged with murder, prosecutors said Thursday.  

Daniel Hyden, 44, of Monmouth Junction, was indicted on four counts of second-degree murder, one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, four counts of second-degree assault and three counts of third-degree assault in connection with the alleged drunken driving incident, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said.

Prosecutors said Hyden was driving his Ford F-150 pickup truck north on Water Street around 8:50 p.m. on July 4 when he blew through a stop sign at 39 mph and sped through a construction zone.

Hyden then veered onto a sidewalk at 54 mph and crashed through a chain-link fence, hitting a crowd of people who were celebrating the holiday in Corlears Hook Park, the DA’s office said.

Four people were trapped under the truck after the crash, and seven others were struck and injured by the truck or debris, according to the DA’s office.

Hyden tried to flee the scene by putting his truck into reverse, but several witnesses stopped him by removing the key from the ignition, prosecutors said.

Ana Morel, 43, of East Harlem, and Lucille Pinkney, 59, and her son Hernan Pinkney, 38 — both of whom lived at NYCHA’s Vladeck Houses on the Lower East Side — died the day of the crash, authorities said.

Emily Ruiz, 30, of the Lower East Side, succumbed to her injuries five days after the crash, police said.

Four of the seven others who were injured sustained serious injuries to their heads, arms and backs, while three victims sustained lacerations to their faces, along with other minor injuries, prosecutors said.

After the crash, Hyden told a police officer he had “had a few alcoholic drinks,” according to a complaint filed with the DA’s office in July.

Records showed Hyden’s license was suspended at the time of the crash, for “failure to answer a summons four times on three dates,” the complaint said.

“This alleged act tragically cut the lives of Lucille Pinkney, Herman Pinkney, Emily Ruiz, and Ana Morel short and severely injured seven others,” Manhattan District Attorney Bragg said in a statement Thursday. “My thoughts are with the families of those whose lives were lost, the injured victims, and the tight-knit community, all of whom are reeling from the effects of this horrifying and senseless tragedy.” 

In a statement provided to NY1 in July, Legal Aid Society attorney Tim Pruitt, who is representing Hyden, said: “This is a very tragic case, and we extend our sincere condolences to all those impacted. But Mr. Hyden is entitled to the presumption of innocence and a zealous defense, and at this preliminary stage in the case, we caution the public from making any rush to judgment.”