The owner of the fruit stand who barely survived when an out-of-control driver exploded into his business in Midtown and went back within 24 hours.
Ugur Dickiski, 44, worked until 4 am on Saturday to prepare his business for customers.
Dikici got help from friends who gave him some metal stalls and fortunately had extra luggage in his truck.
“I can’t lose a day. My family is I have two children – 13 and 16. My daughter, she is preparing for college. This is tough, ”he said. “And the business is not the same. In the final year – you know, the epidemic – it’s slow. I come here seven days a week. “
“I worked until four in the morning,” he said. “I’m tired. But I’m used to it. Usually I work 16 or 17 hours a day.
One of the survivors of the 54-year-old Domino-like accident, George Soliman, reported that the post he tried to remove from the path was not very fast.
The fruit stands with its contents and the scaffold fell on it. He has pain in his knees, arms, back, there is pain in turning his head from side to side.
“I think the car is coming,” Soliman recalled. “It was fast approaching – madman, madman.” It was killing everything – boom, boom. I fell in the street. I fell face down. Everything was descending on us. Fruits all over me. The scaffolding fell on my back and my knees and my arms and my fingers. thank you God! thank you God! I am alive I am really lucky. “
The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. when a 66-year-old man, who later suffered a medical episode, rammed his Nissan van into a black Toyota Camry from behind on Second Avenue – causing the car to crash. Done dining area near East 50th Street.
Two young boys between the ages of 5 and 7 succumbed to the debris from the empty outdoor set of Crave Fishbar.
Destruction continued for another block. According to police and witnesses, the van crashed into Dickisky’s fruit stand and some scaffolding before coming to a halt at 49 km Street. In all, seven people were hurt.
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