A 44-year-old man died Monday after being hit by the driver of a U-Haul truck, who wounded seven other people in Brooklyn, according to NYPD officials.
The victim was hit at 10:48 a.m. while riding an e-bike at the intersection of Bay Ridge Parkway and Fifth Avenue, according to an NYPD spokesperson. His identity was being withheld by police while the man’s family was notified.
The force of the impact threw the cyclist onto the sidewalk, where he lay bleeding, according to several witnesses who described the chaotic scene. The man sustained injuries to his head and died at the hospital, NYPD officials said.
Authorities identified the driver of the U-Haul as 62-year-old Weng Sor Monday afternoon. He was taken into custody by police in Red Hook.
Sor was expected to be formally charged by police Tuesday morning. No information about an attorney representing him was available right away.
The driver’s 48-minute erratic zigzag across Bay Ridge and Sunset Park caused terror across the neighborhoods, as the suspect drove the truck onto sidewalks, through bike lanes and blasted through red lights, according to several eyewitnesses. All told, the driver struck eight people between 10:17 a.m and 11:05 a.m.
The seven other victims were all men who ranged in age from 30 to 66-years-old, including one police officer, officials said. The other men were in stable condition after the crashes.
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewelldescribed the attack as a “violent rampage” at a press conference Monday afternoon, but said that terrorism was not suspected in the case.
The son of the U-Haul driver told the Associated Press that Sor had a long history of mental illness and often stopped taking his prescribed medications. The AP also reported that Sor spent time in prison for stabbing two people, including his own brother.
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