Lower Manhattan suspected DWI crash critically injures moped rider

Wednesday, October 21, 2020
LOWER MANHATTAN (WABC) -- A driver is in custody after a crash that left a moped rider critically hurt in Lower Manhattan.

It happened just before 2 a.m. Wednesday at Bowery and Delancey Street.
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Police say the 38-year-old moped rider was hit by the driver of a Toyota RAV4 as he made a turn and kept going.

The moped rider was not wearing a helmet.

One eyewitness watched the crash play out and chased after the driver, holding him until police arrived.
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"He tried to get away, we chased him down, we blocked him down the block, almost two blocks away, rolled him back to the crime scene," the eyewitness said.

The 34-year-old driver is in custody on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

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