Man’s Leap Saves Him During Brooklyn U-Haul Rampage

Man’s Leap Saves Him During Brooklyn U-Haul Rampage
A man jumps out of the way as a U-Haul truck drives onto the sidewalk in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Feb. 13, 2023. Jorge Aldaz via AP
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NEW YORK—A 66-year-old man who saved himself from a rampaging U-Haul truck driver with a frantic leap on a Brooklyn sidewalk said he doesn’t know how he managed to escape.

Mohamed Abdelmagid, a car service driver, was strolling to his dispatch office Monday morning when he looked up from his phone just in time to see the truck barrel onto the sidewalk.