Crime & Safety
Video Shows Mercedes Smash Into Girl In Wash Heights: Report
Surveillance video captured the moment a Mercedes sent a 12-year-old girl flying into the air in Washington Heights, reports show.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — A 12-year-old girl critically injured in a Washington Heights crash Thursday was sent flying into the air after a Mercedes rams into her, shows video obtained by the New York Post.
The girl tries to cross Audubon Avenue at West 170th Street about 12:25 p.m. when the 2016 Mercedes Benz comes speeding toward her, according to police and the Post's video.
The 12-year-old walks in front of a van parked in the northbound lane then darts into traffic just as the Mercedes comes zooming into view, the video shows.
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The impact sends the girl flying into the air and she falls to the ground some 15-feet from where she was hit, the video shows.
The Mercedes driver, a 40-year-old man, stayed at the seen and was not injured, police said.
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The girl was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition, police said Thursday.
The NYPD did not immediately respond to Patch's request for an update on the girl's condition.
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