A 41-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after cops said her husband hit her with an SUV on purpose, stepping his foot on the gas and running into her while he had their three kids in the vehicle, authorities say.
Jarring surveillance footage obtained by News 4 shows an SUV sitting outside a home in Flushing, Queens, by Franklin Avenue and Parsons Boulevard, shortly before 5:30 a.m. The woman is seen walking toward the vehicle.
That's when cops say the 36-year-old driver — whom they identified as her husband, Stephen Giraldo — floored it, crashing into her as their children watched in horror. The man whose yard the Ford Explorer ended up tipped in said cops had asked for his security footage. They're also canvassing the area for additional witnesses and evidence in the case.
Several people said the woman lives with her boys in a brick building across the street from where she was hit. She had been leaving that building around 5:15 a.m. Tuesday, surveillance footage shows. It also shows the driver parked in the area with his headlights on. Less than a minute later, he accelerates, allegedly mowing her down.
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None of the three boys -- ages 6, 9 and 11 -- were physically injured in the crash. The husband was taken into custody.
Charges are pending against him, and cops say they are investigating the case as a domestic assault. The superintendent of the building where the woman lived said she moved there with her children to escape her husband.
Giraldo, 36, was arrested later Tuesday night and charged with attempted murder, assault, endangering the welfare of a child, reckless endangerment and weapon possession. Attorney information for Giraldo was not immediately available.
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The nature of the victim's injuries wasn't immediately clear. The investigation is ongoing.
