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Ten people were injured by a 20-year-old fleeing from police in an SUV that was reported stolen. The New York City Police Department said that a license plate scanner identified the car in midtown Manhattan during rush hour on Tuesday (August 1) night.
As officers tried to stop the vehicle, the driver sped away, striking a bicyclist and a taxi. He then drove onto the sidewalk, running over several pedestrians. He then made a U-turn and started driving the wrong way down the street, striking another car head-on.
The suspect then jumped out of the SUV and tried to flee. However, bystanders chased after the driver and managed to detain him until the police arrived to take him into custody.
"When the cops showed up, the guy they took into custody was trying to fight with the cops — trying to push the cops away," witness Michael Discioarro told The New York Post.
Officials said that the injured included children as young as five but noted that nobody sustained life-threatening injuries. The driver was not identified and did not have a New York driver's license.
Officials did not say what charges he is facing.