Seven people were injured on Christmas Day in New York City when a taxi jumped the sidewalk and struck pedestrians outside a Macy's department store after the taxi driver suffered a medical episode, police said.
The incident took place in Midtown Manhattan, near Macy's flagship store in Herald Square, near the corner of West 34th Street and Avenue of the Americas, or Sixth Avenue.
Images from the cabin showed a badly damaged vehicle with broken parts and dents everywhere. The store, with its elaborately decorated windows, is a magnet for tourists and New Yorkers around the holidays.
In addition to the 58-year-old taxi driver, the injured included a nine-year-old boy, two women aged 49 and four other women aged 19, 37 and 41, police said.
A 49-year-old woman with a leg injury, the nine-year-old boy who suffered a laceration and the 41-year-old woman who suffered a head wound were taken to hospital, police said.
The remaining three pedestrians refused medical attention. All injuries were not life-threatening.
