A yellowish taxi operator died aft a beatdown by passengers who tried to rob him successful Queens, constabulary and sources said.
The deadly battle took spot astir 6:30 a.m. Saturday astatine Beach 54th Street and Arverne Boulevard, authorities said.
Cops responding to an battle successful advancement recovered the 52-year-old operator lying successful the roadworthy with “trauma to the backmost of his head,” the NYPD said.
EMS transported the unfortunate to St. John’s Hospital, wherever helium was pronounced dead.
The NYPD said a preliminary probe revealed the 52-year-old was operating an NYC taxi minivan with aggregate passengers. When helium went to driblet disconnected the passengers, “they tried to rob him,” an NYPD spokesperson said.
The unfortunate chased aft them, and was struck by aggregate passengers, which caused him to autumn and onslaught his head, the spokesperson continued.
Police sources said the operator was beaten by 3 men and 2 women and the fatal battle was captured connected video.
The NYPD did not instantly corroborate the beingness of the video. There were nary arrests.
“The probe is continuing,” the NYPD said.