A heartless hack mowed down a Taxi and Limousine Commission lieutenant during a Queens car stop Sunday afternoon dragging her body down the street before speeding away, police and a commission spokesman said.
The unidentified city official, working alongside a male inspector, had tried to question the cabbie near the corner of Sutphin Blvd. and Archer Ave., in Jamaica, at around 1:20 p.m.
She and her co-worker were hunting for drivers illegally picking up passengers near the bustling Jamaica Station Long Island Railroad transit hub when they spotted the reckless cabbie trying to score a street hail.
“They saw some suspicious activity,” said TLC spokesman Allan Fromberg. “The driver, with the passenger door open, put the car in reverse. He struck the female lieutenant and dragged her an indeterminate amount of feet.”
FDNY medics rushed the bleeding woman to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. She was listed in non-serious condition suffering from head lacerations, police said.
Cops were looking for the driver late Sunday afternoon classifying the case as a hit-and-run.
Only green and yellow cabs can pick up street hails throughout the five boroughs. Livery drivers are required to use a dispatch system to schedule rides with their passengers.
Fromberg described the injured lieutenant as a recently promoted employee who had been assigned to the agency’s training unit.
