Rampaging U-Haul driver kills one, injures eight others during wild police chase through Brooklyn

A crazed U-Haul driver struck nine people — killing one of them — as terrified pedestrians ran for their lives while he led cops on a wild chase through Brooklyn on Monday, according to police.

In the middle of the rampage, in which a cop was among the injured, the driver rammed into a 44-year-old man riding an e-bike cops and sources said. He was pronounced dead later in the day, according to a law enforcement official.

Cops later identified the driver as Weng Sor, 62, and say he was born in Malaysia and is a U.S. citizen. He was sentenced to one to three years in a Nevada prison for stabbing his brother in Las Vegas in 2015, records show.

“Very frequently he’ll choose to skip out on his medications and do something like this,” said brother Stephen Sor. “This isn’t the first time he’s been arrested. It’s not the first time he’s gone to jail.”

Investigators believe Weng Sor intentionally ran down the victims, sources said.

He was awaiting charges at the NYPD’s 68th precinct stationhouse Monday night.

The carnage began when the driver struck a 36-year-old man, injuring his legs, at 10:17 a.m. near Fourth Ave. and 54th St. in Sunset Park.

The driver proceeded a little under a mile to Fifth Ave. and Senator St. in Bay Ridge, where he ran into a 34-year-old delivery worker on a bike at 10:29 a.m., cops and witnesses said.

“He was speeding,” said a store manager at the corner of the intersection. “When he turned, he just hit the guy on the bike and kept going.”

The manager recognized the victim as someone who made regular deliveries in the community.

“He was face up, hurt bad,” said the shaken manager.

The deliveryman suffered injuries to his torso and was taken to an area hospital in stable condition.

Two minutes later, he struck another 30-year-old man on an e-bike at Bay Ridge Parkway and Seventh Ave., inflicting leg injuries, cops and sources.

The crazed driver zoomed four long blocks to Bay Ridge Parkway and 12th Ave. in neighboring Dyker Heights, where he slammed into another e-cyclist — this time a 51-year-old man who was left with head injuries.

At 10:48 a.m., he was back in Bay Ridge, at the intersection of Bay Ridge Parkway and Fifth Ave. He mowed down the 44-year-old e-bike rider who would later die of his injuries, cops said sources said.

“It was very fast — the truck and the police were following him,” said Kida Rexhepi, 41, who owns a business along the street. “He saw the truck coming and he fell on the other side. The car came very close to the store. It was going so fast. I’m like, ‘What happened?’”

“When the truck hit the guy on the bike, he flew over a car and landed on the corner of the street,” Julio Hernandez, 35, who was working on the corner, told the Daily News.

“The truck was dragging the bike down the street, but he didn’t stop. He went down the block and came around again, but kept going.”

The man, who Hernandez said was bleeding from the mouth and neck, was rushed to an area hospital, but he could not be saved. His name was not immediately released.

Cops tried to pull the unhinged driver over at 10:49 a.m. near the same intersection, but he refused to stop, sources said.

Two minutes later, he was back near the corner of Bay Ridge Parkway and Seventh Ave., where he hit a 38-year-old man, injuring the victim’s ankle, police said.

Cops tailed him to 72nd St. and Third Ave., where surveillance video showed him slamming into a moped driver before mounting a sidewalk.

In a video posted online from that location, a pedestrian can be seen slowly walking between curbside trees and storefronts when suddenly, the U-Haul driver barrels in his direction.

The shocked walker, who appeared to be looking at his phone, stepped toward the storefront and then dove toward the street, barely avoiding being mowed down — and the police car that also jumped the sidewalk in close pursuit.

“It was very fast — the truck and the police were following him,” said Kida Rexhepi, 41, who owns a business along the street. “He saw the truck coming and he fell on the other side. The car came very close to the store. It was going so fast. I’m like, ‘What happened?’”

The pedestrian, a man in his 60s, escaped with an injured knee. He is a driver at a neighborhood car service.

“He was able to escape, thank God. He’s OK,” said the man’s boss. “I see a big bang! I came outside. I saw his pants was ripped. It’s not real.”

Cops said a 32-year-old man and a 33-year-old police officer were both injured at the intersection. They were taken to an area hospital in stable condition.

The driver also struck a 66-year-old man a block north on 73rd St. at Third Ave., cops said. He suffered neck and knee injuries and was also expected to survive.

At one point during the ensuing chase, he said, “Shoot me, I’m not stopping,” according to a police source.

Police chased the driver as he got on the Gowanus Expressway, arresting him nearly five miles away oby the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in Red Hook.

The suspect got off at the Hamilton Avenue exit at the very start of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, officials said. A highway officer was able to force him to a stop. An aviation unit also tracked him during the chase, police said.

It appears the driver had been living out of the U-Haul, which contained boxes, clothes and other items.

The vehicle was rented Feb. 1 out of West Palm Beach, Fla., according to U-Haul. It was due back March 3 at the same location.

“At this time we have no indication there is any terrorism involvement in this incident.” NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said, noting that the investigation is ongoing. “We are still constructing events.”

The van was not stolen, Sewell added.

She did not immediately address community concerns about a police car mounting the sidewalk in pursuit.

The NYPD Bomb Squad was called to search the U-Haul as a precaution, but no explosives were found.

Earlier this month, Sor received two summons on the Belt Parkway for speeding and for using a commercial vehicle on the parkway.

In a tweet, Gov. Kathy Hochul thanked the NYPD for their “swift response” following the violence.

“I am praying for everyone who was injured today,” she stated.

With News Wire Services