Man stabbed, beaten with bat in wild altercation after wrong-way crash in NY

A man was left critically injured after being struck by a car, beaten with a baseball bat and stabbed in a wild, caught-on-camera ordeal in the middle of an upstate New York street over the weekend, police said.
The chaotic chain of events unfolded in Poughkeepsie on Sunday afternoon after two speeding vehicles sparked a wrong-way crash that ended with two men brawling and another wielding a shotgun.
Investigators, who are still trying to piece together the violent scene, said the two cars had been flying down Pershing Avenue Park in the wrong direction just after 3 p.m. when they collided with two people and another vehicle.

One of the victims struck by a car was subsequently stabbed and hit with the baseball bat, police said.

Bystander footage posted on social media showed a man striking the victim, who was dressed in black, repeatedly with the bat.

At one point, the alleged attacker was caught on camera punching the victim as he shouted, “What the f–k is wrong with you? Are you f–king stupid?”

The relationship among those involved in the incident wasn’t immediately known. It also wasn’t clear if the two men struck by the vehicles were targeted or if the male with the gun was involved in any way.

Two men — Rakim Paulin, 43, of Beacon and Jeremy Taylor, 40, of Poughkeepsie — were arrested and charged with assault in the wake of the horrific ordeal, police said.

The stabbing victim was rushed to the Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital in a critical condition, according to cops.