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LIVERY DRIVER STABBED IN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY ON FDR DRIVE IN MANHATTAN; SUSPECT IN
CUSTODY

WABC

Updated 13 minutes ago
A man is in custody after police say he stabbed a livery driver during an
attempted robbery on the FDR Drive in Manhattan on Tuesday. Josh Einiger has the
details on the wild series of events.
MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- A man is in custody after police say he stabbed a
livery driver during an attempted carjacking on the FDR Drive on Tuesday.

Officials say the incident happened around 2:40 p.m. on the southbound side of
the FDR Drive approaching the Manhattan Bridge exit, where police were
responding to a robbery.

They say the suspect was a rideshare passenger in a black Tesla, when at full
speed on the FDR Drive, he tried to carjack the driver.

When the driver refused, police say the passenger stabbed him three times. The
car crashed into the New Jersey barrier along the shoulder.

The Tesla also rear-ended another vehicle, whose passengers recounted the chaos
to Eyewitness News reporter CeFaan Kim.

"The driver was chasing, being stabbed, chasing the guy who stabbed him,"
witness Yuliya Birvrayer said. "And the guy who stabbed him, he jumped into
another car and started to wrestle with another driver. So, him and scare him
away a little bit and he just run on the highway and jumping down."

Exclusive video obtained by Eyewitness News shows the wild scene that unfolded
after the stabbing.

One of the motorists, a construction worker, in the vehicle rear-ended by the
Tesla, could be seen in a neon-yellow shirt. He says the suspect was hitchhiking
at first, then tried to carjack other motorists.

"He start to get into somebody else's car. But he couldn't actually get into
somebody else's car," witness Sergio Valvovates said. "Then he start fight with
the driver trying to take over the car. So, when I came, I tried to scare him
away."

The suspect is seen walking on the FDR and at one point jumps into a white sedan
through the back window.

The driver then stops quickly, the suspect gets out, walks to the ledge and
throws a black bag down.

Video shows the suspect hanging off the ledge before falling several stories
down from the FDR onto a bike path below.



He broke both legs and was taken into custody. He was taken to Bellevue
Hospital.

As for the driver who was stabbed, he was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical
condition.

Mariano Belez says he stayed with the bloodied driver as he waited for help to
arrive.

"I saw there was fighting and after that I saw the guy come back to the car, the
Tesla that was crashed and he tried to grab his back and he tried to run away,"
Belez said.



Fernando Mateo, spokesman for the New York Federation of Taxi Drivers, came to
Bellevue Hospital Tuesday night to see his driver, who was getting ready for
surgery.

He says cab and rideshare drivers continue to be targets for this kind of
madness.

"There are people who have the need to feed off of others, those are the people
that do these kinds of things," he said. "To do it on the FDR Drive on an
overpass and then jump off, is insane."

It's still unclear why the suspect was walking on the FDR Drive to begin with.

The investigation is ongoing.

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