A person wished for promoting medication stole a automobile and barreled right into a 44-year-old bicycle owner throughout a wild police chase Wednesday afternoon in Greenwich Village, in keeping with sources and witnesses.
The bicycle owner was using in a motorbike lane on West third Road and Mercer Road when the reckless, wrong-way motorist smashed into him — sending him flying to the pavement as police carefully pursued the stolen car shortly after 3 p.m., sources and witnesses mentioned.
Moments earlier than the crash, the motive force slipped into somebody’s black Ford Fusion as police zeroed in on him for beforehand promoting narcotics, the NYPD mentioned.
“There was a bicycle owner going the proper approach down the road and the automobile hit the bicycle owner,” witness Ariadne Chan-Miller, 17, advised The Submit.
“It appeared like there have been cops behind it and the bicycle owner flew up into the air after which fell down and the automobile stored going. It didn’t cease or something. The cop needed to cease behind as a result of they didn’t wish to run him over,” she mentioned, including she heard sirens after which an “rapid impression.”
The bicycle owner was not shifting and his bike was left mangled, Chan-Miller recalled.
Medics transported the injured sufferer to NYC Well being + Hospitals/Bellevue in secure situation with head and leg accidents, the NYPD mentioned.
After the hit-and-run, the motive force ran a crimson mild close to the nook of Mercer Road and Bleecker Road and “scraped the perimeters” of an Uber, Ariadne’s dad, Ron Miller, advised The Submit.
“It was going actually quick and half of its windshield was knocked in, so I referred to as 911.”
The driving force ultimately stopped and ditched the smashed-in sedan a number of blocks away on Prince Road close to West Broadway earlier than fleeing the scene, cops mentioned.
He was nonetheless within the wind as of Wednesday evening.
The chase got here as police pursuits have surged this yr, leading to multiple automobile crash per day, native outlet THE CITY just lately reported.
Extra reporting by Jack Morphet
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