Dash camera video shared with The Post shows what appears to be a migrant launching himself in front of a moving vehicle traveling in the right lane on Flatbush Avenue South, causing the driver to swerve into the left lane and narrowly avoid hitting him.
Dash camera footage shows what appears to be a migrant launching himself in front of a moving vehicle. Obtained by The New York Post
“All of the sudden, I see a man in front of my car with eyes wide open, screaming, staring at me in the eye. . . . He was trying to get me to run him over,” said the 37-year-old driver, who only gave the name Christina.
In a separate post on May 6, another woman wrote that “a man jumped in front of my daughter’s car this morning” on Flatbush Avenue.
“She was able to brake in time and didn’t hit him.”
In January, John B., a retired NYPD cop from Bergen Beach, told The Post that details of the apparent extortion scheme were discussed by concerned residents and 63rd Precinct cops.
“They’re scaring people saying, ‘You just hit me, and I’m going to report it if you don’t give me the money,’” he explained.
The near-victim suspected the man lived at the emergency shelter at Floyd Bennett Field. Paul Martinka
The NYPD said no reports about such incidents have been filed with the department.
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