Van injures 6, then plunges into Qns. pond

AN OUT-OF-CONTROL van slammed into two pedestrians and a car in Queens on Saturday — injuring six people, two critically — before barreling into a pond, police said.

“Hallelujah!! Praise Jesus!” exclaimed the driver, who was dressed in a flowing white religious robe, after he emerged from the Ford Econoline van, witnesses said.

The bizarre scene unfolded about 7:30 p.m. when the van suddenly accelerated on Brookville Blvd. in Rosedale and plowed into two pedestrians, witnesses and officials said.

“It tossed them in the air. Must have been about eight to 10 feet,” said witness Sean Hines, 46. “The man fell in the back of the van. The female fell in front of the van. The van ran over the girl. Just ran over her.”

The speeding vehicle then swiped a Toyota sedan and ran over a pedestrian crossing sign before splashing into the pond inside Brookville Park.

Dramatic video captured the moment the driver, who was wearing a gold chain over his robe, emerged from the van in knee-high water with his hands in the air.

Scrawled onto the back window in white letters was “Psalm 24” and “Psalm 27.”

As cops and firefighters stood on the edge of the pond, bystanders are heard expressing shock that the man appeared to be a clergyman.

“Is there anybody there?” an officer yells.

Witnesses told the Daily News that the driver mumbled to himself as he waded into the water with his hands stretched high.

“When they took the guy out it looked like he was on something,” said Michael Daly of Valley Stream, L.I.

“He didn’t look like he was all there.”

Another witness said the man else in laid down into the pond facefirst and “started paddling in the swamp water.”

“He gets up and he’s like, ‘Hallelujah! Praise Jesus!’ like he was doing a sermon in the water,” added the witness, who identified himself as Bernard.

Two of the victims were in critical condition — with one suffering from life-threatening injuries, the FDNY said.

Three others were in serious condition, and one was nursing minor injuries.

All six were taken to Jamaica Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, authorities said.

Police said the driver was taken into custody and charges were pending.