At least three people were critically injured in a series of collisions involving a bicycle, taxi and numerous pedestrians near near a busy Manhattan intersection, authorities said Monday.
NYPD officials said the cab was attempting to turn left onto Broadway around 1 p.m. when the driver collided with a bicyclist traveling southbound. The driver then veered to the left and hopped the curb between 28th and 29th Street.
Police said the taxi struck two women against a building, pinning them against the exterior wall. In what police described as a "remarkable scene," some 15 to 20 people rushed over to help lift the car off the trapped pedestrians.
A total of six people were injured in the afternoon crash, three of which were transported to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition, police said. The driver was among the injured.
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Police officials said the collision appeared to be an accident and did not suspect criminality in the immediate wake of the incident, but stressed the investigation was still ongoing.
