A Lyft driver was stabbed by a crazed passenger who tried to steal his black Tesla on the FDR Drive in lower Manhattan on Tuesday, cops and police sources said.
The driver had a knife pulled on him in the attempted carjacking as he was heading south on the parkway near the Manhattan Bridge at about 2:45 p.m., according to police and the sources.
The knife-wielding rider stabbed him, tried to carjack two other drivers — and then jumped out of the car and off the FDR to the roadway below in an attempt to escape, police said.
The attempted mugging unfolded just before 2:30 p.m. on the FDR Drive, cops said. Paul Martinka
The suspect tried to escape by jumping off the FDR Drive to the roadway below, police say. Paul MartinkaThe victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he’s listed in stable condition, cops said.
The suspect, identified as Ismael English, 20, was taken to the same hospital and was in stable condition, according to police.
English was charged with attempted murder, attempted robbery, reckless endangerment and four counts and criminal possession of a weapon, the NYPD said.
