Driver stabbed after Midtown Manhattan fender bender

Adam Devine
NYPD officers responding to emergency call. File photo by Roy Janssen

New York, NY- A minor fender-bender in Midtown Manhattan along West 42nd Street turned into a stabbing after the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the crash exited his car and stabbed the other driver.

The NYPD report the two-vehicle Collision at 460 West 42nd Street in the vicinity of 9th Avenue at around 8:45 p.m.

After the collision, a passenger in one of the vehicles exited the vehicle and stabbed the 52-year-old driver of the second vehicle. The attacker then returned to his vehicle, which fled the scene.


The 52-year-old victim was transported to Bellevue Hospital where he was being treated for multiple stab wounds to his back. Police describe the injuries as non-life-threatening and said the patient is expected to survive.

At this time no arrests have been made.

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