A terrified SUV driver surrounded by a gang of motorcyclists on the West Side Highway Sunday gunned the engine and ran over several bikes before speeding off with the pack in hot pursuit, police sources said Monday.
The harrowing chase, which ended with the enraged bikers smashing the SUV driver’s side window open and slashing him on West 178th Street in Washington Heights, was captured by a camera apparently attached to a biker’s helmet, producing a 6-plus minute video that quickly went viral on YouTube and elsewhere.
The driver – an unidentified man in his 30s whose wife and child were also in the vehicle – was rushed to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for stitches after the attack, police sources said.
It was unclear what started the dispute, but in the video, several dozen speeding bikers surround a dark-colored Range Rover with New York plates heading northbound on the highway in northern Manhattan, with one motorcyclist purposely slowing down in front of the SUV and forcing it to stop about 2 p.m.
Others quickly park in front of it as one biker dismounts and starts walking threateningly toward the vehicle.
At that point the driver guns the engine and crashes over several bikes and speeds off in a desperate bid to escape.
The bikers pursue the man through northern Manhattan and block him again as he gets caught behind another vehicle, with one biker yanking open his door.
But the driver guns it again and manages to get away after knocking another bike to the ground.
The SUV then speeds off the West 178th Street ramp into Washington Heights with the bikers swarming behind him, blowing through at least one red light at his speed.
Finally, traffic forces the SUV to stop on West 178th between Wadsworth and St. Nicholas avenues.
One rider then rips off his helmet and uses it to bash in the driver’s side window as the video ends.
The crew then slashed the man in front of his wife and child, police sources said.
No arrests have been made and police are investigating the assault.
At least one of the riders’ jacket patches indicate he’s a member of a New Rochelle motorcycle club.
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