NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A suspected road-rage stabbing left two men wounded in Queens on Wednesday night, police said amid a search for a duo who fled on an e-scooter.
The two victims, said to be brothers, were stabbed through the open window of their car around 8 p.m. in Astoria, according to WABC.
Witnesses told the Daily News that the two were stabbed after their car bumped into the attackers' scooter at 30th Road and 23rd Street.
“The car hit one of the guys on the bikes just a little,” a witness told the outlet.
The victims, an 18-year-old driver and his 20-year-old brother, were stabbed through the window of their car, police said.
The driver suffered stab wounds to his left arm and body, while the passenger was stabbed below his right eye, according to WABC. Both were taken to area hospitals, reportedly in stable condition.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea told 1010 WINS on Thursday that police suspect road rage sparked the stabbing.
“It appears to be a road rage where then two individuals took out cutting instruments, and we have a couple of people injured,” Shea said. “The detectives are on that one.”
Video obtained by the Daily News shows two men surrounding the driver’s side of a sedan before the vehicle takes a sharp turn and careens down a sidewalk. Citizen App video appears to show police investigating beside the same vehicle stopped on a sidewalk.
Police told WABC that the two assailants fled down 23rd Street and eventually abandoned the scooter they were driving.
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