The 58-year-old yellow taxi driver whose car hit six pedestrians when he jumped a curb in a Manhattan shopping district on Christmas Day was having a medical episode at the time, police announced. The NYPD did not elaborate on the type of type of medical episode, but said no criminality was suspected.
After the cab drove onto the sidewalk across the street from Macy’s in Herald Square, a 9-year-old boy with a laceration to his right thigh, a 49-year-old woman with a leg injury and a 41-year-old woman were hospitalized. All were in stable condition, police said. Three other pedestrians – women aged 19, 37 and 49 – declined medical treatment. The driver was taken to the hospital in stable condition for further evaluation.
Sources: Associated Press, MSN
