Rampaging U-Haul driver evading Brooklyn automobile cease strikes 8, leads cops on wild chase: ‘Shoot me, I’m not stopping’

A rampaging U-Haul driver main cops on a wild chase via Brooklyn Monday struck six males, a lady and a cop and despatched different pedestrians on the sidewalk scurrying for his or her lives, police stated.

Cops tried to drag the 62-year-old driver over at 10:49 a.m. close to Fifth Ave. and seventy fifth St. in Bay Ridge however he refused to cease, sources stated.

At one level through the ensuing chase, he stated, “Shoot me, I’m not stopping,” based on a police supply.

In a single video posted on-line from that location, an oblivious pedestrian could be seen slowly strolling between curbside timber and storefronts when out of the blue the U-Haul driver mounts the sidewalk barreling in his path.

The shocked pedestrian, who seemed to be his telephone, stepped towards the storefront then dove towards the road, barely avoiding being mowed down by the rushing U-Haul — and the police automobile that additionally jumped the sidewalk in shut pursuit.

Lower than a second earlier, earlier than mounting the sidewalk, the U-Haul driver clipped a moped rider who was despatched skidding alongside the road, movies present.

“It was very quick, the truck and the police have been following him,” stated Kida Rexhepi, 41, who owns a enterprise alongside the road. “He noticed the truck coming and he fell on the opposite facet. The automobile got here very near the shop. It was going so quick. I’m like, ‘What occurred?’”

The fortunate pedestrian, a person in his 60s, escaped with an injured knee. He’s a driver at a neighborhood automobile service.

“He was in a position to escape, thank God. He’s OK,” stated the person’s boss. “I see an enormous, bang! I got here outdoors. I noticed his pants was ripped. It’s not actual.”

In some unspecified time in the future the driving force hit a person believed to be in his 30s on Fourth Ave. close to 54th St. in Sundown Park, cops stated. That sufferer was rushed by medics to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in vital situation.

Three males on mopeds have been struck by him in Bay Ridge and suffered solely minor accidents.

The driving force obtained away on the Gowanus Expressway however was chased by police and arrested almost 5 miles away on Hamilton Ave. at Columbia St. close to the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in Pink Hook.

The suspect obtained off on the Hamilton Avenue exit on the very begin of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, officers stated. A freeway officer was in a position to power him to a cease. An aviation unit additionally tracked him through the chase, police stated.

Cops recognized him as Weng Sor and say he was born in Malaysia and is a U.S. citizen. He has no prior arrests.

It seems he was dwelling out of the U-Haul, which contained packing containers, garments and different objects.

The U-Haul was rented in Daytona Seaside on Jan. 23, cops stated.

Police Commisisoner Keechant Sewell stated two of the accidents have been vital, two have been severe and 4 have been minor.

“At the moment now we have no indication there’s any terrorism involvement on this incident.” Sewell stated, noting that the case was nonetheless below investigation. “We’re nonetheless setting up occasions.”

She stated the van was not stolen.

Sewell didn’t instantly tackle neighborhood considerations concerning the police automobile mounting the sidewalk in pursuit.

The NYPD Bomb Squad was referred to as to look the U-Haul as a precaution however no explosives have been discovered.

Earlier this month Sor obtained two summons on the Belt Parkway for rushing and for utilizing a business car on the parkway.