More than a dozen people who witnessed a Brooklyn car crash that injured an 8-year-old boy yesterday helped nab the robber who sent a livery cab careening into traffic, police said.
The witnesses held on to the alleged robber after he tried to flee the wreckage at the intersection of 92nd Street and Clarkson Avenue in Brownsville – after they mistakenly grabbed the bloodied driver and accused him of causing the mayhem.
Jean Willman, 31, hailed the livery car at the intersection of Rutland Road and East 92nd Street at 5:30 p.m.
As he was driven through Brownsville, he pulled the hunk of metal from a jacket sleeve and demanded the driver’s money before smacking him in the head.
The car spun out of control, struck a car and jumped a sidewalk before striking the boy, who was treated for neck and face bruises at Brookdale Hospital.
Willman was charged with robbery, assault and criminal possession of a weapon.