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- The pursuit of a 44-year-old male left nine injured on New Year's Day, per a NYPD spokesperson.
- The driver fled police "at a high rate of speed westbound onto the sidewalk."
- Multiple people were injured, including one pedestrian "pinned underneath" a food truck.
Multiple people were injured and transported to a hospital early New Year's Day in New York City after a 44-year-old motorist drove on the sidewalk and struck vehicles while fleeing police near Madison Square Garden.
An NYPD spokesperson told Business Insider that at approximately 1:34 a.m. on Monday, officers responded to reports of a possible crime at the intersection of West 33rd Street and 7th Avenue, just blocks away from New York City's massive New Year's Eve celebration centered in Times Square.