Driver tries to run down cops, jumps sidewalk in dramatic video
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Shocking video shows a crazed driver nearly strike several NYPD cops as he spins in circles on a Manhattan street — before leading officers on a chase into the Bronx.
“Turn off the car!” the police can be heard repeatedly yelling at the driver, 27-year-old George Lopez.
Lopez was initially stopped by cops near Dyckman Street and Payson Avenue in Inwood around 4 a.m. after he was spotted driving in the bike lane, police sources told the Post. He then refused to get out of the car or open his window, police said.
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The driver is seen in the video sitting in his blue Toyota Sienna stopped in the intersection while several cops surround him and a crowd gathers nearby.
“Get out of the car!” an officer yells.
Seconds later, he revs his engine and drives in circles several times — striking multiple cars and nearly hitting the officers before speeding away, the footage shows.
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Lopez fled northbound in the southbound lane of the Henry Hudson Parkway, with police not far behind. The chase continued into the Bronx, where he struck a 2016 Toyota Rav4 head-on while trying to exit onto the Mosholu Parkway., where he came to a stop, police said.
Lopez was arrested just before 5 a.m. and was charged with reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of a crime, reckless driving, driving while impaired by drugs and driving without a license, police said.