Moment gang of dirt bikers drag father, 64, and son from their car and beat them in New York City

This is the terrifying moment a father and son were beaten and robbed in broad daylight by a gang of dirt bikers in crime-ridden New York City. 

A 64-year-old motorist had collided with one of the dirt bikes while driving with his son, 36, in Upper Manhattan, at around 4.30pm on March 15.  

The mob of bikers then pursued the driver for two blocks before cutting him off near the intersection of Saint Nicholas Terrace and West 127th Street, the New York Police Department said.

The gang then allegedly dragged the pair out of their car and began kicking and punching them – before robbing them of their cellphone, credit cards and cash. 

CCTV footage (pictured) of the incident shows at least four bikes and a quad bike – or ATV -surround a green vehicle, before one gang member forces open the driver’s door and drags the father and son out 

The mob of bikers – including at least one on an ATV (pictured) – allegedly pursued the driver for two blocks before cutting him off near the intersection of Saint Nicholas Terrace and West 127th Street, the New York Police Department said

The gang allegedly dragged the father and son out of their car and began kicking and punching them – before robbing them of their cellphone, credit cards and cash. (Pictured: Gang in pursuit of the duo caught on CCTV) 

The NYPD is are now appealing for any witnesses to come forward. (Pictured: One of the alleged attackers) 

CCTV footage of the incident shows at least four bikes and a quad bike – or  ATV -surround a green vehicle, before one gang member forces open the driver’s door. 

The gang are then seen forcibly dragging the father and son out the car, with one thug seen repeatedly kicking one of the victims as they lay on the floor. 

At one moment, one of the bikers appears to call over his associates who are then seeing raining down multiple kicks and punches on the pair. 

Incredibly, the victims suffered only minor injuries and were treated at a nearby hospital.  

Police are now appealing for any witnesses to come forward. 

Anyone with information is urged to call NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.    

The brazen attack is the latest in a string of shocking incidents in New York City, which saw crime surge by 60 per cent year-on-year in February. 

On Friday last week, a 33-year-old French lifestyle guru and cryptocurrency expert was shot multiple times in the legs and groin when a man attempted to rob his six-figure designer watch. 

French-born Pierrick Jamaux, who was visiting from Hong Kong, was getting out of an Uber with his model wife, Sarah Watts, 26, and another person at their hotel in Midtown when a man approached them and demanded Jamaux hand over his Richard Mille watch, the New York Post reported.

Pierrick Jamaux, 33, is a French-born cryptocurrency expert visiting from Hong Kong with his wife, Watts, an Australian born model (pictured together) 

Pierrick Jamaux, 33, (pictured inside the ambulance)  was shot multiple times in the legs and groin during an attempted robbery outside his hotel in NYC on Friday

Jamaux told police the man then opened fire before he could react, striking his legs and groin and causing him to fall to the ground as the man tried to rob him.

Police said the other person with the couple, a 25-year-old woman, jumped on the gunman’s back to try and stop him before the shooter pushed her off and fled.

New York Police Department officials said five shell casing were recovered from the scene and that Jamaux had multiple entry and exit wounds on both legs.

He was taken to the nearby Bellevue Hospital where he was reported in stable condition.

It comes after the city’s latest crime figures showed there were 9,138 incidents last month, as opposed to 5,759 during the same period in 2021 — with double-digit surges in nearly every major category. 

There were 32 murders in February — three more than the same month last year.

Multiple other categories saw shocking jumps, including car theft, which soared by nearly 105 percent; grand larceny, which jumped nearly 80 percent over the previous year; robberies, which surged 56 percent; a 44 percent bump in burglaries and a 22 percent spike in assaults. Rapes also saw a terrifying 35 percent rise in February.

Residents reacted with horror to a string of high-profile incidents last month, including the vicious battering of a woman with a hammer by a homeless man in Queens and the smearing of feces on another woman in the Bronx – after which the alleged perpetrator, a violent criminal with a history of 44 arrests, was released without bail.

During the month of February, the NYPD reported a 58.7 percent increase in total crime. The latest figures showed 9,138 incidents as opposed to 5,759 in 2021 – with double-digit surges in nearly every major category

These incidents were in addition to the murder of Asian woman Christina Yuna Lee, 25, who was tailed to her apartment by another homeless man, Assamad Nash, 35, and stabbed to death. 

Christopher Herrmann, a former Crime Analyst Supervisor with the NYPD and a Professor in the Department of Law & Police Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, previously told DailyMail.com that he finds the latest crime stats startling.

 ‘All of these numbers are bad, to be honest,’ Herrmann said Friday. 

‘Generally, increases and decreases in crime would be in the single digits. These new numbers are not good.’

Herrmann says the increase can be traced back to lax bail laws, which mean perps often can walk out of jail quickly after being arrested – a situation that leads to more repeat offenses.

‘There are certainly enough cases of people being released from incarceration who should have stayed in jail,’ he said.   

Herrmann added that the new numbers for February – typically a low-crime month due to weather and other factors – portend poorly for the rest of the year to come.

 ‘There is no easy solution – these are longer term problems,’ the crime analyst said. 

‘This is a new crime rate… People should be worried.’