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German tourist hit and killed by minivan driver near Bryant Park: NYPD
Pix11 ^ | September 25, 2025 | Mira Wassef

Posted on 09/25/2025 10:30:21 AM PDT by xxqqzz

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) — A minivan driver is accused of hitting two German tourists, killing one, when he backed up into them in a crosswalk near Bryant Park on Wednesday afternoon, police said Thursday.

Alexandra Sabine Lewalter Maric, 50, and her husband, 55, were crossing the street when they were struck by a Toyota Sienna near East 40th Street and Fifth Avenue by the New York Public Library at around 2:40 p.m., according to the NYPD.

Investigators said the couple was pinned between the minivan and a box truck after the collision.

The woman was nearly decapitated and died at the scene, police said. The husband was hospitalized in critical condition with head injuries.

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Mohammed Abouzaid, 40, of the Bronx, was arrested about five blocks from the scene and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and failure to yield to a pedestrian, cops said.

His arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court was pending on Thursday.

The driver has no prior arrests.

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KEYWORDS: hitandrun; islam; mohammedabouzaid; muslims
Minivan backed up fast when in the middle of intersection and light changed. Pinned pedestrians to box truck. Driver in much more trouble by leaving the scene. Driver's first name is Mohamed.
1 posted on 09/25/2025 10:30:21 AM PDT by xxqqzz
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The driver has no prior arrests.

He'll be back on the streets in no time.

2 posted on 09/25/2025 10:32:59 AM PDT by xp38
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Driver's first name is Mohamed.

The tourists didn't need to go to NY to experience such diversity, they could have gone to Berlin or Hamburg instead.

3 posted on 09/25/2025 10:33:29 AM PDT by PGR88
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No Americans involved except for cleaning up this mess. RIP poor German tourist! Now the NY justice system will blow at least half a million dollars trying wrong way Mohammed and incarcerating him. Court appointed translators will earn their $80 (my guess) per hour.


4 posted on 09/25/2025 10:36:10 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity )
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Mohammed Abouzaid


5 posted on 09/25/2025 10:38:03 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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They’ll probably issue an apology for inconveniencing him.


6 posted on 09/25/2025 10:39:17 AM PDT by xp38
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Does the mini-van escew pork and pray 5X a day?


7 posted on 09/25/2025 11:02:35 AM PDT by left that other site ( For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; He will save us Is.33:22)
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“Mohammed Abouzaid, 40, of the Bronx”

Well the television says Mohammed is from the Bronx, so he has to be an American.

More American that anyone whose family has been here for three centuries.

More American than George Washington and Abe Lincoln.

More American than the World Series and apple pie.


8 posted on 09/25/2025 11:24:03 AM PDT by packagingguy
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Poor bastards..,they should have done due diligence and traveled to the United States and not New York City.


9 posted on 09/25/2025 11:50:52 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Alexandra Sabine Lewalter Maric

That sounds more French than German to me.

10 posted on 09/25/2025 11:56:16 AM PDT by PAR35
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“Mohammed Abouzaid, 40, of the Bronx”

Of the Bronx Abouzaids.


11 posted on 09/25/2025 11:56:53 AM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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...and the taxpayers will pay for inordinate street safety plans and designs to mitigate ignorant drivers instead of simply not issuing licenses to them.


12 posted on 09/25/2025 1:19:18 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Nah. They’ll reduce it to Backing Without Safety and fine him $500. Its New York, remember.


13 posted on 09/25/2025 8:21:46 PM PDT by umbagi (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. [Twain])
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The driver has no prior arrests.

To be fair, this isn't even a crime in the s***hole country he came here from.

Just pay a little baksheesh to the family of the people you smoked and go on about your day.

14 posted on 09/25/2025 8:25:21 PM PDT by Drew68
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More American that anyone whose family has been here for three centuries.

Those are colonizers. Get it right.

Now these are Americans!


15 posted on 09/25/2025 8:32:50 PM PDT by Drew68
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