{"id":326795,"date":"2026-08-21T17:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326795\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T17:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:34:14","slug":"cops-arrest-mercedes-benz-driver-in-blistering-upper-manhattan-drag-race-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326795\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops arrest Mercedes-Benz driver in blistering upper Manhattan drag race crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cops have arrested a 27-year-old Mercedes-Benz driver who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/08\/20\/corvette-crashes-into-mercedes-then-strikes-pedestrian-in-manhattan-drag-race\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sparked a blistering upper Manhattan crash<\/a> while drag racing with a Corvette, officials said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Torres was grabbed by police after he ran away from the crash on Sherman Ave. near E. 204th St. in Inwood at about 6:30 a.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Cops charged him with reckless endangerment and reckless driving. He was in the hospital on Friday. His arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court was pending.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Multiple people were injured in a crash at Sherman Ave. and W. 204th St. in Inwood on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)\" width=\"6000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TNY-P14-20260820-095314.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9195502\" \/>Multiple people were injured in a crash at Sherman Ave. and W. 204th St. in Inwood on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>Police say Torres was drag racing with a Corvette driver down Sherman Ave. when the Corvette slammed into him.<\/p>\n<p>The out-of-control Corvette went on to strike a 34-year-old pedestrian near the corner, then launched onto the sidewalk where it slammed into the side of a building, cops said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Multiple people were injured in a crash at Sherman Ave. and W. 204th St. in Inwood on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)\" width=\"6000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TNY-P38-20260820-095524.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9195512\" \/>Multiple people were injured in a crash at Sherman Ave. and W. 204th St. in Inwood on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>The Mercedes hit a parked, unoccupied moped before Torres climbed out and fled the scene, leaving the wrecked luxury vehicle behind. Cops apprehended him a short time later.<\/p>\n<p>EMS took the pedestrian to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nychealthandhospitals.org\/locations\/harlem\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.nychealthandhospitals.org\/locations\/harlem\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harlem Hospital<\/a> in stable condition.\u00a0The Corvette driver and passenger were also taken to Harlem Hospital, where they are expected to survive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cops have arrested a 27-year-old Mercedes-Benz driver who sparked a blistering upper Manhattan crash while drag racing with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[122664,25790,75,84,83,8190,9,24,63,103,2957],"class_list":["post-326795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-corvette","tag-inwood","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-mercedes-benz","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-upper-manhattan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}