Cops: Attempted Robbery Leads To Fatal Midtown Crash
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police say two people robbing and beating a woman with a baseball bat near Times Square in Manhattan fled in a car when officers arrived, then crashed into a private sanitation truck.
Just after 3 a.m., police responded to a report of an armed robbery at the train station near West 49th Street and Seventh Avenue, when officers say they saw a man assaulting a woman near West 52nd and Broadway.
As officers chased the suspect, he jumped into a car and attempted to flee the scene traveling on West 52nd Street. However, the car collided with a private sanitation truck at Seventh Avenue, police said.
The suspected robber was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspected getaway driver, 25, a woman, was critically injured in the crash and taken to Cornell Medical Center.
The assault victim was transported to St. Luke's Hospital in stable condition.
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