{"id":629,"date":"2013-09-03T15:48:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T15:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=629"},"modified":"2013-09-03T16:13:19","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T16:13:19","slug":"young-tourist-loses-foot-in-tragic-new-york-taxi-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonmacaraccidentlawyers.com\/blog\/young-tourist-loses-foot-in-tragic-new-york-taxi-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Tourist Loses Foot In Tragic New York Taxi Accident."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A fun vacation turned into a disaster when a New York taxi driver <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/cab-jumps-curb-midtown-hits-woman-reports-article-1.1431690\">drove onto the sidewalk and hit a young British tourist<\/a>, cutting off one of her feet and severely mangling the other. Thanks to quick action by nearby good Samaritans, including TV celebrity Dr. Oz, the tragic situation was handled as smoothly as emergency crews could have hoped.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H81cGFjrG2w\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>23 year-old Sian Green, a fashion retailer at Hugo Boss, traveled to New York on Monday night with one of her best friends, Keshia Warren. The two Leicester, England women had matching tattoos on their arms that said \u201cles amis,\u201d French for \u201cfriends.\u201d The fashionable women were more than excited for their trip, evidenced by the numerous \u201cposts\u201d on their various social media. One of Green\u2019s posts included a photo of a countdown until the day of their departure, captioned \u201cNew York plzzzzz hurry up! #newyork #excited #August #lovinglife\u201d. The joyful statement now seems ominous given the tragic events that took place upon their arrival.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday at about 11:20 a.m., the two friends left the Hotel Pennsylvania and bought hot dogs at Sixth Avenue and 50th Street, excited to sample the staple New York treat, before beginning their day of site seeing. The two sat on the edge of a fountain in a busy plaza to catch some sun while they enjoyed their meal. Seemingly out of nowhere, a yellow taxi hopped onto the sidewalk at 49th Street and drove straight into Green, launching the small woman into the air from the impact and destroying her lower limbs.<\/p>\n<p>A plumber, David Justino, has been deemed a hero for his actions at the scene of the car accident. With the help of food vendor, Mohammed Elsayed, and television\u2019s Dr. Oz, Justino was able to fashion a tourniquet out of his Carhartt tool belt he was wearing and save the victim. Dr. Mehmet Oz has an office in the area and came running when he heard the commotion. Still covered in blood, he spoke to reporters after the terrible auto accident and credited Justino with Green\u2019s life, saying, \u201cThe real hero of the day is plumber Dave, just an average Joe, an average Dave, just walking along the street, but he saved her life . . . It\u2019s very smart thinking. A simple thing like a union plumber\u2019s belt can save your life.\u201d Oz wrote on his Facebook page, \u201cI applaud the quick thinking and heroic actions of David and the first responders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justino also spoke to reporters, but not of his heroic actions. Rather he spoke first about the remarkable composure of the victim during the accident, saying she was \u201ca strong girl, a brave girl . . . Her leg was severed off, the other was mangled . . . From the shin down, it was gone. It was too much blood . . . She was conscious the whole time the poor thing. I wished she would have passed out.\u201d The plumber was on his coffee break from a job working at Duane Reade nearby. When he saw Green \u201cfly up in the air\u201d, he ran to the scene to help. Police say that his first aid training was likely life saving. \u201cI just grabbed my belt,\u201d he said \u201cwent over, lifted her up, put it on, held it.\u201d He described how Warren assisted as well, grabbing a dog leash from someone nearby and using to slow the bleeding in the other leg, \u201cuntil Dr. Oz came over. He said we were doing good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsayed, who had just sold Green and Warren their hot dogs with ketchup and mustard, spoke to reporters about the incident. \u201cHer leg was out\u201d he said, \u201cIt was just under the cab on the sidewalk. I ran with ice and a bucket. We put the foot in the bucket. There was a lot of blood.\u201d Clearly traumatized, Elsayed added, \u201cShe was awake, but she couldn\u2019t talk\u201d. The poor woman was shocked to scream. Fathy Mosad, another food vendor who witnessed the motor vehicle accident spoke to reporters with Elsayed, saying, \u201cThey were beautiful girls, smiling and so happy to be in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos of the car accident show Green\u2019s severed foot, still in its sandal, resting underneath the taxi cab in the plaza. Physicians at Bellevue Hospital attempted to reattach Green\u2019s foot but were unsuccessful. Two other people were hurt in the car crash and were treated for less serious injuries at Bellevue. Warren, a student at Leicester College, luckily escaped the auto crash largely unscathed, although the trauma of the accident has left her severely debilitated.<\/p>\n<p>Green\u2019s father, Jason, and his wife experienced every parent\u2019s worst fear when their child travels. They trusted the responsible friends to travel abroad on their own, but no parent could ever anticipate the events that took place in the New York plaza. Green\u2019s family rushed to New York to be with her during her treatment. Jason spoke to reporters outside their New Parks home before leaving for the airport, saying, \u201cShe is in recovery now, and they have had to amputate what\u2019s left of her foot.\u201d He went on to add that, \u201cHer friend Keshia is still in shock. We are a really close family and we are all devastated by what has happened. We don\u2019t know what to say. We just want to be at our daughter\u2019s side right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>24 year-old cab driver Faysal Kabir Mohammad Himon and 40-year-old bike messenger Kenneth Olivo are pointing fingers at each other as to who really caused the tragic car accident. Himon claims that Olivo was angrily banging on the hood of his taxi while he rode by, which caused him to lose control of the vehicle. \u201cI\u2019m not sure what happened next,\u201d he said \u201cI was up on the curb.\u201d Himon, a married Bangladeshi immigrant, has had a spotty driving record since he started driving a cab in 2010. His violations include a parking violation, a citation for cutting in line at a taxi stand, a citation for smoking in his cab, speeding, running a red light, and another unspecified moving violation. According to public records, this has resulted in nine points against his driver&#8217;s license. He has since been issued a summons for \u201cunauthorized use.\u201d The administrative violation cites those that fail to submit a form notifying the Taxi and Limousine Commission that he will be driving a particular cab or limo. Himon, while still putting the blame on Olivo, was openly remorseful about the accident. He said, \u201cI feel really bad about the lady. I didn&#8217;t realize she was underneath my car. I\u2019ll never forget her and I\u2019ll never forgive myself . . . Nothing like this has ever happened to me before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biker Olivo told a different account of the car accident to New York police officers. He insists that the aggressive taxi driver caused the accident by attempting to hit him, but then lost control of the vehicle. The biker claims both he and Himon were traveling north on Sixth Avenue and that while he was biking on the right side of the cab, Himon became agitated and beeped his horn at the bicyclist. &#8220;I told him to stop because I\u2019m trying to go forward and people are crossing,\u201d he said, \u201cHe loses his patience. He gets angry. He accelerates. Hits me.\u201d Olivo, who was wearing a bandage on his leg from injuries sustained in the auto accident, added suddenly, \u201cI\u2019m on the roof of a car like in a Steven Seagal movie, okay. And I\u2019m on the sidewalk. I\u2019m like this looking up at the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>21 year-old Fahad Munawar, a tourist from Texas, was sitting on the ledge on the other side of the fountain when the accident happened. He said he turned his head and saw the taxi speeding straight into Green. \u201cIt looked like it was out of control. We didn\u2019t even hear the brakes,\u201d he said. The next thing he heard was a woman \u201cscreaming on the other side.\u201d Another man, 27 year-old Louis Burgdorf,\u00a0 witnessed the car accident from his second floor office window in Rockefeller Plaza. \u201cIt was terrifying,\u201d he said, &#8220;but good Samaritans sprung into action quickly. If this woman survives, it is because people rushed over so quickly to help. 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