Crime & Safety
Video: Car Doing Doughnuts Slams Into Pedestrian Downtown
A driver seen doing spins in a Soho street is on the run after critically injuring a man who fell in front of his car, police say.
SOHO, NY — A sports car stunt spun out of control Saturday when a driver doing doughnuts slammed into a pedestrian lying in a Soho street, according to police and video of the event.
The red sedan driver was doing spins for a large crowd at Vandam Street and Greenwich Street about midnight when a man running alongside the car fell in his path, footage shows.
Video shows the man, who seems to be trying to film the stunt, falling in front of the car, which sped away down Vandam Street after the crash, police said.
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Medics rushed the man in critical condition — with a fractured skull, brain injury and severe trauma to the body — to Bellevue Hospital, police said.
Police are now searching for a red sedan with the words "Tyler Spec" written in yellow on the driver's side.
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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