A mob of rowdy dust bikers chased down a motorist after he allegedly hit a member of their crew who’d blown a purple gentle — ripping the driving force and his son out of the automotive to pummel and rob them, police and sources mentioned Wednesday.
The 64-year-old driver was headed west on West 127th Street when he allegedly collided with the dust biker at Frederick Douglass Boulevard round 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, sources mentioned.
The biker had run a purple gentle on the intersection — and the crash despatched the shaken driver fleeing the scene on West 127th Street, till the crew minimize him off two blocks later at St. Nicholas Terrace, the sources mentioned.
Four of the 5 brutes, together with an ATV rider, swarmed his automobile, then yanked the driving force and his 36-year-old son out of the automotive to beat them on the road, in keeping with sources.
The bikers then swiped a mobile phone, credit score and debit playing cards, drivers licenses and about $150 earlier than fleeing, sources mentioned. They’re nonetheless within the wind.
Both males suffered minor accidents and had been taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in secure situation, cops mentioned.
A girl who answered the telephone on the elder sufferer’s residence Wednesday advised The Post he was nonetheless recovering from the brutal assault.
“He’s not OK right now,” mentioned the lady, who recognized herself as his daughter. “Mentally, he is not OK.”
The incident was harking back to the 2013 biker beatdown of Alexian Lien on Manhattan’s Henry Hudson Parkway.
Lien was attacked after bikers surrounded his Range Rover — along with his spouse and 2-year-old baby inside — and mentioned he “panicked” because the motorcyclists blocked the automobile’s path.
Lien hit the gasoline and ran over a number of bikers, leaving one paralyzed.
The mob chased the SUV for 50 blocks and pulled Lien out onto the pavement, the place they pummeled him earlier than his terrified spouse and toddler.
Additional reporting by Catalina Gonella
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