A person who went viral final 12 months when he was caught on digicam smashing up a Manhattan McDonald’s with a hatchet was harm by a hit-and-run driver whereas biking on Fifth Ave., new video exhibits.
Michael Palacios and his canine Simba had been driving a cargo bike on Fifth Ave. close to Rockefeller Middle when he was clipped from behind by an SUV driver at E. fiftieth St. about 4:40 p.m. Friday, video he shared on his Instagram web page exhibits.
A video of Palacios went viral again in September when he busted up a Decrease East Facet McDonald’s with a small axe in a conflict with three males.
“Simba and I had been driving down Fifth Ave. and a nasty driver rammed us from behind, virtually operating Simba over and than fleeing the scene,” Palacios, 32, wrote on a GoFundMe put up in search of donations to switch his mangled bicycle.
The driving force rammed the again of his bicycle, the video exhibits. Simba was on the bike as effectively however jumped off and scampered away.
The SUV driver stopped however drove off as soon as Palacios bought up, weaving across the canine. In an replace to his GoFundMe put up, Palacios stated he was taking Simba to the vet to see if the pooch suffered any accidents from the crash.
Palacios apparently had phrases with the driving force previous to the crash.
“I instructed a nasty driver he drives like s–t,” Palacios stated on Instagram. “I proceeded and he rammed me from behind. And sure, he knew Simba was on the bike.”
“When that is over he’s going to be calling his child mothers from [Rikers] and I’m shopping for a home for myself and my household,” he added.
Palacios suffered a minor leg damage through the crash, which was handled on the scene, in keeping with an NYPD spokesman. No arrests have been made.
The cargo bike, which Palacios makes use of to make deliveries, suffered a lot of the injury, he stated.
“The wonderful thing about cargo bikes is that they obtain 90% of the impression. I don’t connect Simba to the bike so he’s free to go in a secure path,” he wrote.
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The crash wasn’t the primary time Palacios has appeared in a viral video.
Stunning video shared on Tik Tok and different social media platforms present the Bronx resident entering into an argument with three males, who assault him contained in the McDonalds close to the doorway to the Williamsburg Bridge on Delancey St. and Essex St.
Palacios didn’t return the blows, opting to face ramrod straight towards a rubbish can and brace towards the assault, the video exhibits.
“I’m nonetheless standing right here,” he stated to his assailants as they backed away.
A second later, Palacios pulled a black hatchet with a picket deal with out of his backpack.
“Bro! Please!” one in every of his attackers stated when he noticed the hatchet and backed away.
Wielding his weapon, Palacios shattered a restaurant desk as he superior in direction of the boys he was arguing with. He then slammed the axe right into a wall and smashed a glass divider as he charged his rivals.
A minimum of one in every of his targets run into a rest room with a girl.
Cops arrested Palacios on the scene and charged him with felony mischief, menacing and felony possession of a weapon.
Throughout his arraignment, a Manhattan Felony Courtroom choose ordered Palacios launched with out bail since not one of the fees he confronted had been bail eligible.
