Man hits taxi, pedestrian in attempt to avoid crash in Upper East Side: NYPD
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UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) – A man struck a taxi head-on while trying to swerve away from a woman in the Upper East Side on Tuesday, according to the NYPD.
It happened on York Avenue and East 87th Street around 9:28 p.m. Police said the 71-year-old driver of a Range Rover still crashed into the 30-year-old pedestrian after hitting the taxi.
The pedestrian was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center in critical condition.
No charges have been filed against the driver as of Wednesday morning.
Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here.
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