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A man who allegedly plowed into 10 people and several cars Tuesday with a stolen vehicle on a busy New York City street during a police chase was tackled by good Samaritans while trying to run from the chaotic scene.
Kyle Fernandez, 20, was fleeing police officers in Manhattan while driving a 2018 Hyundai Tucson SUV with Illinois license plates at Third Avenue and 43rd Street, near Grand Central Station, around 5:30 p.m., the New York Police Department said. Officers with an automated license plate reader were alerted them to a stolen vehicle in the area.
The SUV was reported stolen from the Bronx on Monday, authorities said. Fernandez initially “started to pull over” when the officers attempted to perform a traffic stop, Patrol Borough Manhattan South Deputy Chief James Kehoe said at the scene.
“When the cops showed up, the guy they took into custody was trying to fight with the cops — trying to push the cops away,” Michael Discioarro, who witnessed some of what happened, told the New York Post.
The injured pedestrians were taken to hospitals in stable condition, police said.
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