People tried to help one person was under the car

The tragedy that left the scene was unleashed around 1 p.m., when a yellow cab traveling on 29th Street turned left onto Broadway and struck a bicyclist traveling in the southbound bike lane, the right direction. of circulation.

Azucena, who has been working in a jewelry store for 5 years, and other witnesses described the horror to us.

“He dragged it a little bit and followed the car, ran over it and kept going and from there we already saw it when we left. People started screaming to run and it was because the taxi driver had run over more people. The fire trucks began to arrive and one kind of gave him even more chills,” said Azucena Montiel.

According to the NYPD, after hitting the cyclist, the taxi with medallion number 2F63 continued to the left, climbing onto the sidewalk to finally stop pressing two people against the facade of a Black Seed Bagels at 1188 Broadway.

“The taxi driver is a 60-year-old man and all the injured were taken to the Belleview hospital where they are receiving treatment,” police spokesman Carlos Nieves said.

Of the six injured in total, including the driver, three were reported in critical condition hours after the incident, when Mayor Eric Adams arrived to inspect the scene.

The mayor put several messages on social networks about what happened. In the first of them he noted:

“At this time, we know that at least six people were injured today when a taxi and a cyclist collided, trapping innocent pedestrians as a result. This is a terrible tragedy, and those injured and in critical condition are in all our prayers.” .

At this time, we know that at least six people were injured today when a taxi and a cyclist collided and innocent pedestrians were caught in the aftermath. This is a terrible tragedy, and those injured and in critical condition are in all of our prayers.

— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) June 20, 2022

The police also highlighted the courage and audacity of between 15 and 20 New Yorkers who tried to lift the taxi with its more than 3,000 pounds of weight in order to free two women who were trapped by the vehicle, one of them Latina.

“People began to try to help because a person was under the car,” added Montiel.

The mayor also referred to the efforts of these New Yorkers.

“I also want to thank the many New Yorkers who came to the aid of the injured and showed that New Yorkers will always be there for one another,” Adams said.

I also want to thank the numerous New Yorkers who came to the aid of those injured and displayed that New Yorkers will always be there for each other.

— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) June 20, 2022

The managers of Black Seed Bagels said they provided video from their security cameras to police but did not want to share it with the media out of respect for the victims’ privacy.

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