Two people were injured in a violent head-on collision caused by an alleged thief who was fleeing from the Yonkers police and reached the Bronx (NYC).
The authorities said that It’s lucky no one died., due to the violence of the impact. The chaos began when Yonkers police responded to a report of theft at the Cross County Mall Wednesday night, he said. ABC News.
A woman tracked her stolen laptop to the shopping center parking lot and called the police. When officers saw the suspect, he led them on a brief chase in his Jeep Cherokee.
Yonkers police officers called off the chase when the driver entered the wrong direction on I-87 toward the Bronx and notified the NYPD, which searched the southbound side of Major Deegan Highway.
The alleged thief crashed head-on into a Honda around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, injuring the 30-year-old driver and 32-year-old passenger. Both were taken to a local hospital. The suspect fled the accident and remains at large. He has not been identified either.
Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the page crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
In a similar case, in August ten people – including children and the elderly – were injured when a 20-year-old unlicensed man in a stolen vehicle fled from the NYPD near Grand Central in Midtown East, Manhattan.
Days later, a 54-year-old cyclist was run over in Lower Manhattan by a vehicle fleeing the police.
New York authorities remind that there is zero tolerance for drivers who drive at excess speed and/or under the influence of alcohol and drugs..
2023-09-15 12:20:00
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