Infiniti driver who ran over man doing donuts surrenders to NYPD

Driver faces charges

A 22-year-old from New Jersey is charged in connection with doing illegal stunts with his car and running over a spectator in Manhattan.

NEW YORK - The driver of a car that ran over a spectator while doing illegal stunts in Lower Manhattan over the weekend is in police custody.

22-year-old Tyler Greer of Piscataway, N.J., faces assault, leaving the scene of an accident, reckless endangerment, and reckless driving charges.

Video released by the NYPD shows a red two-door Infiniti doing donuts near Van Dam Street and Greenwich Street just after midnight early Saturday morning. As the driver continued to spin his car, several spectators stepped out from the surrounding crowd, appearing to pull out phones to film the stunts.

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One man, Christopher Brito, 23, fell in front of the car and was run over. He was critically hurt, suffered a fractured skull, brain injury, and severe trauma to the body.

It was unclear if Greer had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.

Car doing stunts

A car doing donuts in Manhattan ran over a spectator.