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A 41-year-old Queens mom was critically injured when her husband allegedly mowed her down in the family SUV with their three young children inside — then got out and stabbed her, sources said.

Disturbing surveillance footage obtained by The Post shows the white Ford Explorer suddenly accelerate into the victim and smash into the side of a house around 5:20 a.m. Tuesday on Parsons Boulevard near Franklin Avenue in Flushing.

The SUV, with 36-year-old Stephen Giraldo allegedly behind the wheel, struck a fence in front of the family’s home and flipped on its side, police said. 

Giraldo then got out of the SUV and allegedly stabbed his wife, Sophia, sources said.


  The vehicle lies on its side in front of a home on Parsons Boulevard. G.N. Miller The vehicle lies on its side in front of a home on Parsons Boulevard. G.N. Miller

Sophia Giraldo, who runs a life-coaching business for women and discussed her battle with a “relationship filled with abuse and betrayal” on podcasts, suffered severe trauma to the body and was rushed to Booth Memorial Hospital in critical condition, cops said.

The kids inside the car — three boys ages 11, 9 and 6 — were not injured.

Stephen Giraldo was taken into custody. He was charged later Tuesday with attempted murder, assault, weapons possession, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.

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The 36-year-old husband was driving a Ford Explorer and struck a fence.G.N. Miller
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The couple’s three children were inside the vehicle but were not injured.G.N. Miller
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Local residents said Tuesday that they were shocked at the commotion in the typically quiet Queens neighborhood. 

“Nothing ever happens on this block,” one neighbor said. “I don’t know how a car flipped over.”

The crash was being investigated as a vehicular assault and domestic incident, according to cops and sources. 

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