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Victim Tauree Thompson, 28, was standing outside of his idling vehicle in front of the Taco Bell on Liberty Avenue near 120th Street around 9:45 p.m. Monday night when the trio pounced.
By Michael V. Cusenza
A man remained in critical condition in Jamaica Hospital Medical Center on Wednesday afternoon, two days after he was violently thrown from the roof of his own Lexus SUV as he fought off three would-be carjackers in South Richmond Hill, according to police and published reports.
Tauree Thompson, 28, was double-parked and standing outside of his idling vehicle in front of the Taco Bell on Liberty Avenue near 120th Street around 9:45 p.m. Monday night when three suspects hopped into the luxury SUV and tried to swipe it. Thompson clambered onto the car’s roof just in time for the SUV to slam into a pole roughly 200 feet away, sending Thompson flying some 60 feet before coming to a stop on the pavement.
“He landed all the way over there, bounced three times and did like a baseball slide on his face,” a shaken eyewitness told the New York Post.
Cops noted that Thompson suffered multiple skull fractures.
Security footage captured the whole incident, including the three wannabe thieves running away from the wreckage. Two were later collared by cops. Both are 15 years old.