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'I'm Gonna Cut Your Throat,' Man Tells Cabbie Who Hit BMW, Police Say

By Maya Rajamani | January 14, 2016 1:25pm
 A man threatened to cut a cabdriver’s throat after he refused to shell out cash for hitting the BMW he and his friend were riding in, police said.
A man threatened to cut a cabdriver’s throat after he refused to shell out cash for hitting the BMW he and his friend were riding in, police said.
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HELL'S KITCHEN — A man threatened to cut a cabdriver’s throat after he refused to shell out cash for hitting the BMW he and his friend were riding in, police said.

The pair was driving near the southwest corner of West 51st Street and 11th Avenue on Saturday around 10:30 p.m. when they got into a minor collision with the 59-year-old taxi driver from Brooklyn, the NYPD said.

As the three men argued over the fender-bender, the two men from the BMW began demanding cash from the cabbie, who refused to fork it over.

When the cabdriver pulled out his $700 iPhone 6 to call police, one of the men grabbed the phone and both suspects got back into the BMW, police said.

Shortly thereafter the men got back out of the car, with the one who had snatched the phone brandishing what the cabbie described as either a blade or a sharp instrument and the second suspect holding a rod, according to police.

When the cabdriver asked for his phone, the man holding the sharp object said, “I’m gonna cut your throat,” started punching the cabbie's cellphone and threw it onto the sidewalk, the NYPD said.

The pair then fled the scene in the BMW, driving northbound on 11th Avenue, according to police.

Police later found the BMW parked on West 64th Street between Amsterdam and West End avenues, but they have yet to locate the two suspects, the NYPD said.