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Max Torgovnick has been arrested in connection with the wild Tuesday attack on a BMW driver whose posh car was vandalized by a bicycle gang in broad daylight in Manhattan, The Post has learned.
The teen from Queens — who is not being identified because he’s a minor — is being charged as a juvenile after allegedly attacking Max Torgovnick’s luxury ride on Fifth Avenue, law enforcement sources said Wednesday.
The sources said approximately 25 bikers were involved, six of whom damaged Torgovnick’s car. Police have also identified another teen and are searching for him, the sources added.
Torgovnick told The Post Wednesday that he and his mother, who is in her 70s, had just dropped off a donation at a nonprofit organization and were heading to his father’s neurology office when they ran into around 50 teen bikers Tuesday afternoon.
Video of the harrowing attack shows the bikers surrounding the BMW at Fifth Avenue and 21st Street, with some pounding the vehicle with their fists and feet, and another smashing a bike on Torgovnick’s windshield.
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One of the attackers then ran against the car and vaulted on top of the hood, causing the windshield to crack and partially cave in, video shows.
“At that point, I was afraid that they were going to break the window, get in the car, reach in, and pull us out,” Torgovnick recalled.
His mother was frantically dialing 911 while screaming, “We’re going to die, they’re going to kill us,” Torgovnick said.
The driver behind the wheel, Upper East Side resident Max Torgovnick, is urging the city to act.
“I’ve lived here my entire life as a New Yorker, for 36 years. I feel like I’m entitled to answers from the city as to what allowed this to happen and what they’re going to do to make sure it doesn’t happen to anybody else again,” Torgovnick said.
Torgovnick and his 74-year-old mother were traveling in their SUV down Fifth Avenue at 22nd Street in the Flatiron District when the group of bicyclists surrounded them.
Some held on to the SUV for a ride until, Torgovnick said, one cyclist fell and set off an angry mob attack. He said the individuals bashed windows and threw their bikes onto the hood. One cyclist ran up and shattered the windshield with the full weight of his body, all while their biking buddies laughed and cheered.
“When he smashed the glass, at that point my biggest fear was, they’re going to get in the car, they’re going to pull me out, and I could be killed,” Torgovnick said. “All of them were off their bikes, surrounding the car, banging on the glass, banging on the hood, screaming, ‘Get out of the car! Roll down the window!’