 A New York driver who was allegedly fleeing a dispute early Monday-January first injured at least eight people, including three police officers before crashing his vehicle into a restaurant, the incident took place a few blocks south of Times Square where New Year festivities were coming to a close after midnight. The suspect, a 44-year-old man, was in a dispute with another man when officers arrived on the scene. Local media, citing the New York Police Department, reported that the suspect attempted to flee the scene in a black Mercedes before striking several police vehicles and injuring several pedestrians, including a woman who was pinned beneath a food truck the man drove for several blocks before hitting a sidewalk and then crashing into a restaurant, the driver, who faces several charges, as well as the injured were taken to Bellevue Hospital, local media reported.