It's a nightmare for any driver — you get boxed in on the highway by what seem like hundreds of motorcycle riders. Watch the video of what happens when a Range Rover driver tries to escape, runs over several bikers, then gets chased and attacked by the two-wheeled mob.
The video was allegedly taken on the West Side Highway of Manhattan during a biker rally yesterday. We see the group of bikers surround a black Range Rover Sport. The New York Post reports that an unidentified man in his 30s is driving with his wife and child onboard. Somehow, the SUV driver hits one of the bikers. It's unclear whether the driver accelerates into the biker, or if the biker brake checks the driver.
What is clear is that the bikers surround the Range Rover, and then the driver slams on the gas, plowing through a number of motorcyclists. The riders give chase, quickly surround the SUV again, and again bring the vehicle to a halt. When one rider throws the driver's door open, the Range Rover takes off again, knocking another rider to the ground. The bikers follow it off the highway and onto West 178th street, where traffic brings the car to a stop.
A rider runs up to the SUV, smashes the window in with his helmet and more riders surround the Range Rover as the video cuts to a close.
The New York Post reports that the SUV driver was hospitalized with stitches for being "slashed," according to police sources. The New York Daily News reports that no riders were harmed, and certainly no riders were killed (as some rumors claim). A police investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made, the New York Post reports.
Now, let me say that there are no 'right' parties in this video. Everyone behaves extremely, extremely badly on both the four-wheeled and two-wheeled sides. Running over bike riders is in no way justifiable. Chasing and beating the offending driver is in no way justifiable. Shutting down a highway for a mass ride in the first place is in no way justifiable. What happened was a nightmare that could have been prevented on by both sides, right from the very beginning.
(Hat tip to Borsuq)
Watch NYC Bikers Attack A Range Rover After Driver Runs Over Riders