Police: Taxi Driver Slams Into Upper East Side Bank After Fleeing Scene Of Crash With Another Cab

By Thalia Perez, CBS New York

June 20, 2022

A taxi driver slammed into a bank in Manhattan on Sunday after, police say, he had been involved in a hit-and-run a few blocks away.

It all began with an accident between two cabs at East 79th Street and Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side. Police say one of the drivers, a 74-year-old, left the scene and was chased by the second cabbie, a 62-year-old.

The 74-year-old was allegedly driving erratically and jumped the curb at East 79th Street and Third Avenue, slamming into scaffolding and then the wall of a bank.

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