NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a hit-and-run driver rear-ended a sport utility vehicle and sent it crashing into a New York City restaurant, injuring 22 people.
The crash happened around 9 p.m. Monday in upper Manhattan. Police say a white Audi exited a gas station and rear-ended a Toyota SUV. The SUV mounted the curb and crashed into the front window of the Inwood Bar and Grill.
Police say a total of 22 people were injured in the collision. Nineteen people were taken to hospitals, and the remaining three declined medical attention.
Police say none of the injuries were life-threatening.
WCBS reported that the driver of the SUV, Sory Toure, said he is an Uber driver and had a passenger in his car when the crash happened. They both suffered minor injuries.
Toure said the Audi seemingly came out of nowhere, and he feared for his life.
“He was speeding very, very fast. Because that’s why he hit me. If he wasn’t coming like fast, he wouldn’t have hit me,” Toure said. “When it hit me, I think, my life is gone. That’s what I think… I don’t drive, like, drunk drive. I don’t do that. This is my job.”
Police are seeking the driver of the Audi.
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