{"id":45600,"date":"2022-06-11T00:07:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T00:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nypd-new-york-daily-news\/"},"modified":"2022-06-11T00:07:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T00:07:11","slug":"nypd-new-york-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nypd-new-york-daily-news\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD – New York Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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They Might Be Giants lead guitarist John Flansburgh was hospitalized with serious injuries following an Upper East Side car crash caused by a drunk driver, police said Friday.<\/p>\n

Flansburgh, 62, was taking a car service back to his Upper East Side home after the band performed at the Bowery Ballroom at about 12:45 am Thursday when the Ford he was riding in was T-Boned by a 2016 Honda near the corner of Park Ave. and E. 102nd St.<\/p>\n

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John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants performs at Iron City on January 30, 2018 in Birmingham, Alabama. <\/span>(David A. Smith \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The \u201cBirdhouse in your Soul\u201d guitarist’s Ford overturned and struck another car, cops said. The Honda, driven by 26-year-old William Mota, vaulted a curb and slammed into a gate outside the Carver Houses, cops said.<\/p>\n

The car took out a planter and knocked the sign for the NYCHA complex off one of its posts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard a car hit the gate and it sounded like the car was tumbling over the gate,\u201d eyewitness Jesus Flores, 34, said. \u201cThen you see somebody trying to help people out of the car because it looked like it was going to blow up. It was really smoky. “<\/p>\n

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EMS rushed Flansburgh and his 32-year-old driver to Cornell Hospital, where doctors learned that the guitarist had broken seven ribs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe force of the impact actually flipped our car over to its side,\u201d Flansburgh said on Instagram. “While the driver and I oriented ourselves to our new sideways, broken glass and airbag-filled reality, we sensed the ominous smell of motor oil and smoke. Remarkably, just a moment later it seemed, a dozen NYC firemen arrived and set their minds on finding a way to liberate us. “<\/p>\n

They Might Be Giants postponed the rest of the band’s June tour dates as Flansburgh recovers.<\/p>\n

“I would understand anyone thinking we are just a band born under a bad sign and giving up hope, but I also know someday we will rock again – and for me, that day couldn’t come soon enough,” Flansburgh posted from his hospital bed. \u201cUntil then I will be watching reruns of Sex in [sic] the City until I am strong enough to reach the remote. Wish me luck. I’m going to need it. “<\/p>\n

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John Flansburgh, Dan Miller, and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants perform at Iron City on January 30, 2018 in Birmingham, Alabama. <\/span>(David A. Smith \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Mota, a Bronx resident, blew past a red light before slamming into Flansburgh’s Ford. He allegedly tried to fight off responding police as he was rushed to Metropolitan Hospital with minor injuries. A 21-year-old riding with him suffered an injury to her knee di lei and was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital, where she was treated and released.<\/p>\n

Cops charged Mota with drunk driving, resisting arrest and refusing to take a breathalyzer test. His arraignment of him in Manhattan Criminal Court was pending Friday.<\/p>\n

Flansburgh co-founded They Might Be Giants in 1982 with longtime friend John Linnell while studying at Pratt Institute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They Might Be Giants lead guitarist John Flansburgh was hospitalized with serious injuries following an Upper East Side car crash caused by a drunk driver, police said Friday. Flansburgh, 62, was taking a car service back to his Upper East Side home after the band performed at the Bowery Ballroom at about 12:45 am Thursday …<\/p>\n

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