New York Daily News

smash-up in bid to escape cops

- Ross Keith

A CRAZED driver turned the streets of Brooklyn into a demolition derby Saturday, slamming into cars and a city bus to get away from cops, police said.

Officers began following a speeding silver Honda after the driver blew through a red light at Clinton and Layfayette Aves. in Fort Greene shortly before 4 p.m., cops said

The Honda slammed into a dark gray sedan, a black SUV and the rammed a city bus when it reached Fulton St., according to police.

“I heard a huge bang,” said one witness, who identified herself as G. Isabella. “Cops told me the (Honda) was going 100 miles per hour.”

The man behind the wheel of the Honda, who was wearing a red hoodie, ditched his passenger and took off running towards Atlantic Ave., the witness said.

“The guy in the passenger seat fell out. He was banged up pretty badly,” she explained. “There was blood on his face.”

Medics took the bus driver and four passengers from the bus and the SUV — including two children — to Brooklyn Hospital Center with non-life-threatenin­g injuries, authoritie­s said.

One person was arrested with charges still pending and another was still at large, according to police.

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