Passersby Rush to Help Lift SUV Off Woman in New York City Traffic Incident

4 年前

Passersby rushed to the aid of a person trapped under an SUV on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on January 26, after she was reportedly knocked over in a traffic incident.

Colby Droscher captured this video of the incident, and shared a photo afterward that showed the woman conscious and being tended to by emergency services.

Droscher told Storyful there were chaotic scenes at the intersection of Delancey and Norfolk as people tried to figure out what was happening. “All of a sudden everyone started running to lift the car,” he said, “and that’s when a lot us across the street realized that there was something under the SUV.”

“I do know these onlookers acted with heroism,” he said.

According to the New York Post, citing police, emergency services confirmed an incident at the location and said that one person was taken to Bellevue Hospital. There were no further details immediately available about the nature of the traffic incident.

This video shows a number of people rocking and tipping the vehicle on to two wheels to get access to the person below. Credit: Colby Droscher via Storyful