Three people taken to hospital after six hit by New York taxi driver, police say

Two people, including the nine-year-old boy, were taken to Weill Cornell Medical Centre, and one person was taken to Bellevue Hospital, the spokesperson said. File picture: AP

A taxi hit six pedestrians in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, police said, with three people — including a nine-year-old boy — transported to hospitals for their injuries.

A New York Police Department spokesperson said the taxi driver may have suffered a medical episode, but that the investigation had yet to confirm that.