CHAOTIC AFTERMATH: A driver yesterday obliterated a flower stand at an East Village deli while taking out three workers, a traffic light and bike stand.
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A wasted driver lost control of his rental car and rode up on an East Village sidewalk yesterday, striking three pedestrians and sending a fire hydrant flying into a Citi Bike rider, cops and witnesses said.
Shaun Martin, 32, of Queens, faces drunken-driving charges for the early-morning chaos on Second Avenue between East Fourth and Fifth streets — and cops later found hashish in his sock, said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
Martin took out a 25-foot gingko tree, a parking sign, a 300-pound muni-meter, a traffic light pole, a bike stand, an ATM and a payphone.
He also hit a fire hydrant, which flew nearly a full block before striking a Citi Bike carrying Jonathan Wells, 37.
“[The car] just went on the sidewalk, and started destroying everything, just went out of control,” said a witness who would only identify himself as Andrew.
“I saw people flying around. A lot of bicycles got destroyed.”
Deli worker Mohammed Ali, 62, was setting up the flower shop outside of East Village Grocery about 6:30 a.m. when the car plowed into him and two other workers, sources said.
“There was blood coming out of his head,” said Dan Bergal, 31. “He just got smashed.”
Ali was in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital, where his co-workers also were being treated in addition to the driver, who suffered a cut to his head. A woman who was riding with Martin suffered minor injuries, cops said.
Martin, who has previous arrests for DWI and cocaine possession, was arrested for DWI because he refused a Breathalyzer test, Browne said.
Additional reporting by Brianna Farulla