A taxicab hit six pedestrians in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, police said, with three people — including a 9-year-old boy — transported to hospitals for their injuries.

The incident in New York City comes just days after an attack at a Christmas market. On Dec. 20, a Saudi doctor drove his S.U.V into a crowd of people at a market in Magdeburg, Germany, leaving five people killed and over 200 injured.

Police say a New York City taxi driver may have suffered a medical episode when he veered onto a sidewalk in an area designed for heavy foot traffic on Christmas Day, injuring six people. CBS News New York reporter Alecia Reid has more.

Seven people were injured, including a child, when a taxi crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk near Herald Square in New York City on Christmas Day. The accident happened next to the iconic Macy’s department store on the corner of West 34th Street and the Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan shortly after 4pm.

Six people, including a 9-year-old boy, were injured after a taxi jumped the curb near Macy’s flagship store at Herald Square in midtown Manhattan and hit the pedestrians

Media images of the cab showed a heavily damaged vehicle with broken parts and dents all over it. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A taxicab rode onto a Manhattan sidewalk Wednesday afternoon, striking six people, including a 9-year-old boy, police said.

At least six people are injured after a taxi cab slammed into a group of individuals at a busy intersection in New York City on Christmas Day.

Bystanders pulled a 9-year-old boy and his mother from under a taxi near Macy's in New York City on Christmas Day after the vehicle jumped a curb and hit numerous civilians, police said.