News Summary

• The male failed to obey the officers' orders and fled westbound on 33rd Street before making a right turn onto 7th Avenue counter flow to traffic," police said in a statement..
• The male then struck a food cart and two 39-year-old female pedestrians, a 31-year-old female pedestrian, and a 29-year-old female pedestrian..
• "Amidst the chaos of the New Year's incident, she’s holding onto an immense sense of gratitude for life itself," her mother wrote..
• "Officers on foot attempted to de-escalate the situation and ordered the male operator of the vehicle to put the vehicle into park..
• "The Mercedes then turned onto westbound West 34th Street, where he mounted the sidewalk and began traveling westbound..
• She’s in so much pain but healing," her mother wrote, noting she had just come out of surgery..