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Unmarked Cop Car and Cab Collide on Amsterdam and 82nd

September 10, 2018 | 5:46 PM
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By Carol Tannenhauser

An unmarked police car collided with a yellow cab at the corner of Amsterdam and West 82nd Street at around three o’clock on Friday afternoon. Cab driver Huzaifa Akram, 30, was unhurt and gave WSR the following statement:

“I was going uptown. I had a passenger with me. I had the green light. The car that hit me, he was an undercover cop. He was coming from 82nd Street. He had the red light, but he just turned on his siren — he didn’t wait for the traffic to pass — he just took off and smashed me. He spun me around. It was scary. I’ve been shaking for 30 minutes now.”

Captain Timothy Malin, of the 20th precinct, confirmed by email that “a police car driven by a lieutenant from the Detective Bureau” was involved in the accident. However, he added, “the cabdriver said he was going north on Amsterdam and had the green light. The lieutenant said he was going west on 82nd St. and had the green light. We don’t have any video of the intersection to confirm either story. Thankfully, there were only minor injuries.”

“This is the first time I had an accident,” Akram said. “Because I was wearing a seat belt, I didn’t get hurt. The seat belt saved me. The customer who was with me wasn’t wearing a seat belt. I think his nose was broken.”

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Nj
Nj
4 years ago

Police should take responsibility ! I believe the cab driver.

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Kathleen
Kathleen
4 years ago

With the way the NYPD black cars drive I am not in the least surprised…only that such crashes don’t happen more often.

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Pearl
Pearl
4 years ago

On 82nd Street you can only drive going east.

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JRo
JRo
4 years ago

82nd is an eastbound streeet so a car coming into that intersection from the east would already be unexpected and dangerous

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Woody
Woody
4 years ago
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The police car was driving east. The cab was hit on the left side.

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Sophia
Sophia
4 years ago

I also believe the cabbie. Years ago, I personally witnessed an ambulance driver who turned on his siren to run a red light at the last second because his bag of McDonalds (on his lap!) might have been getting cold before he could chow down. Power corrupts.

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Susan Brown
Susan Brown
4 years ago

Interesting since 82nd Street goes East. You know the saying – even East odd West. So wonder why the unmarked car was going West.

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Margaret
Margaret
4 years ago

Interesting, when a drunk driver crashed while driving up Amsterdam Avenue in January 2016, there was a surveillance video taken from the south side of 82nd Street looking up Amsterdam Avenue.

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Nelson
Nelson
4 years ago

Wear your seat belts…especially sitting the back of a taxi!

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Scott
Scott
4 years ago

Don’t one of the parties have a dash cam to confirm who’s telling the truth?

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GM
GM
4 years ago

Wasn’t a young man just hit and killed by a car on 82nd & Amsterdam? Does anyone think the bike lanes are causing any of these accidents? What’s next?

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Capt. Malin
Capt. Malin
4 years ago

My apologies… typo on my part- the unmarked police car was heading east, not west on 82nd St.

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Tom Croft
Tom Croft
4 years ago

I would believe the cab driver! NYPD is notorious for cover up.

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