Posted: 06:56, August 12, 2022 | Updated: 10:36, August 12, 2022
New York City police are searching for a man who was caught on video speeding away from a stop in Queens after hitting a mother pushing her daughter in a stroller and crashing into a 35-year-old man. The incident began in the Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens when police pulled over the black SUV. Police said the driver was pulled over for driving under suspension and ordered out of the vehicle. Two police officers stand next to the driver and surveillance footage shows the driver revving his engine. The driver of the black SUV, on the left of the screen, was pulled over Wednesday in Queens The driver revs his engine and one of the officers is seen gesturing to the officers in the patrol car to pull their vehicle out and block his escape route. A woman pushing a stroller is seen crossing the road The driver speeds away, leaving the two officers to stare as he fights with three people One of the officers motions to his colleagues in a waiting patrol car, asking them to pull the car forward and block the driver before he can get away – but the driver speeds away before they can react. He immediately hits a 28-year-old woman, who was pushing her two-year-old daughter in a pram, and then kicks a 35-year-old man before running away. The police run after the victims and the driver speeds away – his car was found abandoned in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, but the driver has not yet been taken into custody. The officers run to help the woman, who is hit on the side by the car. A man in a green T-shirt is also knocked on the passenger door of the black SUV The cart is on the road and the police are running to help the injured The cops in the patrol car get out and run after the injured “He actually pushed the kid out of the way — he’s a hero, the guy who got hit,” said witness Carlos Lopez, who shot video of the incident. “She was very worried about the child.” All three people were taken to hospital: the man with a leg injury and the woman and child with only minor scratches. The mother injured her knee and the child injured her wrist.
