Man stabbed, beaten with bat after wild wrong-way crash in upstate NY

August 23, 2023

A man was left critically injured after being struck by a car, beaten with a baseball bat and stabbed in a wild, caught-on-camera ordeal in the middle of an upstate New York street over the weekend, police said.

The chaotic chain of events unfolded in Poughkeepsie on Sunday afternoon after two speeding vehicles sparked a wrong-way crash that ended with two men brawling and another wielding a shotgun.

Investigators, who are still trying to piece together the violent scene, said the two cars had been flying down Pershing Avenue Park in the wrong direction just after 3 p.m. when they collided with two people and another vehicle.

One of the victims struck by a car was subsequently then stabbed and hit with the baseball bat, police said.

Bystander footage posted on social media showed a man striking the victim, who was dressed in black, repeatedly with the bat.

At one point, the alleged attacker was caught on camera punching the victim as he shouted: “What the f–k is wrong with you? Are you f–king stupid?”

A man was filmed striking a male repeatedly with a baseball bat in Poughkeepsie on Sunday afternoon, police said. — A man struck another man repeatedly with a baseball bat in Poughkeepsie on Sunday afternoon, police said.

Man attacks another driver on the side of the road — Bystander footage posted on social media showed a man striking one of the victims as he shouted “What the f–k is wrong with you?”

It wasn’t immediately clear when the victim was stabbed.

Elsewhere in the video, the other injured man, dressed in a green t-shirt, could be seen lying in the street covered in blood as the violence unfolded around him.

Meanwhile, footage aired by News12 showed another man in the background stalking the street with a shotgun.

A man was filmed lying on the street covered in blood as the violence unfolded around him.

Another man could also be seen stalking the street with a shotgun, according to the footage.

The relationship between those involved in the incident wasn’t immediately known. It also wasn’t clear if the two men struck by the vehicles were targeted or if the male with the gun was involved in anyway.

Two men — Rakim Paulin, 43, of Beacon, and Jeremy Taylor, 40, of Poughkeepsie — were arrested and charged with assault in the wake of the horrific ordeal, police said.

The stabbing victim was rushed to the Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital in a critical condition, according to cops.

The other person who was struck by one of the vehicles was also taken to the hospital where he was treated and then released.

Police said the probe is ongoing and have called on witnesses who may have filmed the ordeal to come forward.