A 74-year-old Park Slope Prius driver used the bike lane to squeeze through double-parked cars on a packed street and ended up sandwiched between two, police and witnesses said.
The shenanigans happened Tuesday at about 12:40 p.m. when the Prius driver made a right turn near Berkeley Place and Seventh Avenue, police and witnessess said. The driver told police he miscalculated when trying to park.
“I saw the Toyota make a turn and hit the car on the right. The man then proceeded to make his turn hitting the car on the left,” said Alexander Meditz, who saw the scene and snapped a few photos while he was on a walk with his family.
“He continued to force his way between the two cars and then ended up getting completely stuck between the next set of cars,” Meditz said.
A nearby NYPD traffic agent saw the commotion, but only came to the scene when called over by furious witnesses, Meditz said.
“One of the other people there stood in front of the stuck guy's car and begged the officer to come over,” he said. “The officer reluctantly came over [and] the man asked for his name and badge number for doing nothing while this man damaged four other vehicles.”
Traffic agents are responsible for issuing parking tickets and do not investigate car accidents, an NYPD spokesperson said.
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NYPD cops responded after several 911 calls and took down information from everyone involved in the accident, police said.
No one was injured, cops said.
