Biker surrenders to New York cops after another arrested for accident that caused attack on SUV driver
Motorcyclist Christopher Cruz allegedly caused an accident with Alexian Lien when he cut off the SUV driver on Sunday. Lien, who was driving his wife and their 2-year-old, stopped but fled when a group of bikers began to damage his Range Rover — and Lien plowed into rider Edwin Mieses, who's been left paralyzed, his mother says.
BY BEVERLY FORD IN LAWRENCE, MASS. , JOE KEMP AND THOMAS TRACY / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
PUBLISHED: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013, 8:14 AM
UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2013, 4:56 AM
Sources said Christopher Cruz, 28 (pictured) cut Alexian Lien off on the Henry Hudson Parkway and caused the accident that triggered a wild 4-mile chase through upper Manhattan.
Cops have arrested two of the bikers who they say sparked a hell-on-wheels ordeal in upper Manhattan that ended with a mob beating and slashing a man in front of his wife and 2-year-old.
As Christopher Cruz, 28, was awaiting arraignment on charges stemming from the attack on Alexian Lien, police arrested a second motorcyclist, Allen Edwards, 42, of Queens.
Cops are trying to identify two suspects (pictured) who are also wanted in the beating and slashing a Manhattan man in front of his family.
Cruz was riding with a swarm of motorcyclists when he swerved in front of Lien’s Range Rover on the Henry Hudson Parkway and stopped short, causing Lien, 33, to bump the biker’s back tire, police said.
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Video shows Lien, 33, being ripped out of his Range Rover and beaten in front of his wife and 2-year-old daughter.
Video taken by one of the sport-bikers taking part in the wild ride shows the group of motorcyclists then stopping and surrounding the SUV. They attacked the door and tires, cops say, and Lien peeled away, seriously injuring one of the bikers.
Cruz was charged with menacing, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.Edwards surrendered after police released a photo of him. He was charged Tuesday night with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and menacing, police said.
Mieses was in a medically induced coma at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, family said.
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Mieses was in a medically-induced coma at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, family said.
Cops were still searching for other motorcyclists who dragged Lien out of the SUV and beat and slashed him. He received stitches for his wounds and was released.RELATED: MAN FATALLY STABBED IN BROOKLYN
Mieses was recovering from broken legs, bruised lungs and spine fractures. Family said doctors fear he may never walk again.
Lien was not charged, angering relatives of biker Edwin Mieses, 32, of Lawrence, Mass., who had both legs broken when Lien ran him over trying escape the pack.“You have to look at the totality of the circumstances and that’s what we’re doing,” said NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly, noting that Lien fled the attacking bikers in fear for his and his family’s safety.
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