Dramatic video shows chaotic scene as Mercedes mows down NYC cops, bystanders on New Year’s Day
NY Post
Dozens of shrieking New Year’s revelers desperately fled through the streets of Midtown as a Mercedes car filled with drugs sped onto the sidewalk and mowed down bystanders, new hair-raising video shows.
Mohamed Alaouie, 44, of Fort Lee, New Jersey, was arrested in the early Monday morning attack that left at least eight people injured — including two police officers and “Black Panther” actress Carrie Bernans.
The dramatic footage shows the driver — identified as Alaouie — quickly reversing the sedan as witnesses scream in terror after police on foot patrol tried to approach the car.
The car then shoots forward and barrels into a halal cart before peeling down the sidewalk, around the pack of officers and back onto the street.
Several bystanders and cops can be seen leaping out of the car’s path just in the nick of time, but others weren’t so lucky.
At least one woman can be seen in the terrifying footage lying pinned beneath the smashed food cart in an apparent state of unconsciousness as others hurriedly try to yank her to safety.
