An out of control yellow cab driver jumped a curb and plowed into three pedestrians, sending one man flying through a nail salon in Murray Hill this morning, witnesses and cops said.
The cab driver hopped the sidewalk, slamming into the victims and smashing into a building on Park Avenue near East 31st Street at about 9:47 a.m., cops and witnesses said.
A male victim, who was sweeping the sidewalk at the time of the accident, went hurtling through the glass doors of Hair and Spa Party salon. A woman was also pinned during the wreckage and horrified witnesses had to urge the shell-shocked driver to exit the car, witnesses said.
The third victim, escaped serious injury and did not need medical attention, cops said.
“The cabbie was inside trying to move the car and people were pinned against the building,” said Max Friedman, 23. “People were yelling at him to get out the car. The woman was sitting on the sidewalk just looking at her hands.”
“The taxi came up on the sidewalk and crushed the window.,” said Jihee Kim, owner of Hair and Spa Party. “It was kind of like a movie. He [the victim]was half in and half out.”
Two pedestrians and the cab driver, who was seen nursing a bruise on his forehead, were rushed to Bellevue Hospital, FDNY officials said.
A passengers inside the cab refused medical attention, cops said. None of the injuries are life-threatening, cops said. Police are investigating.