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Video: Driver Rear-Ends SUV Then Steals SUV
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Jen Chung
Published Sep 26, 2017
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The police are searching for a man and woman who were caught on camera running into an elderly woman's SUV and then stealing it during a dispute that ensued after the fender bender.
The incident occurred last week, on September 19th, around 2:27 p.m., near 109 Avenue and 120 Street in the Richmond Hill section of Queens. A 74-year-old woman was in her SUV when she was rear-ended by the driver of a white sedan. According to the NYPD, "When the victim tried to exchange information with the male driver he became aggressive and refused to let the victim write down his license plate. The second individual inside the suspect's car, a female, walked around to the driver's seat of the suspect car as the male individual shoved the victim aside and sat inside her car; both individuals then drove off eastbound on 109 Avenue."
Here's security camera footage that shows how this all unfolded:
The suspects are described as a male with a slim build who was last seen wearing a red shirt and blue jeans and a female with black hair in a bun who was last seen wearing a light colored shirt and dark colored pants.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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