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NYC Cab Plunges Into Sidewalk, Miraculously Spares Pedestrians
15 Mar
Summary
- A taxi veered onto a sidewalk, striking two women.
- One victim fell into a basement through open cellar doors.
- Both pedestrians sustained only minor injuries from the crash.
A chaotic scene unfolded on Manhattan's Lower East Side on Saturday afternoon when a taxi suddenly lost control and mounted the sidewalk. The vehicle struck two young women who were standing on the sidewalk.
Footage captured the terrifying moment the taxi veered off the street, hit the pedestrians, and then collided with a building's storefront. Miraculously, both women, in their 20s, sustained only minor injuries.
One of the women survived by falling through open cellar doors into the basement of a deli. Investigators suggest this fall likely saved her life, preventing a more severe outcome.
Witnesses described the incident as surreal, with initial fears for the pedestrians' lives giving way to relief as a voice was heard from the basement. The taxi driver, also in her 20s, was uninjured, and authorities are not suspecting any criminal activity in the crash.
