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.

Rebecca and her nine-year-old son Tyler were on their way to a Christmas Day dinner when they were hit by an out-of-control taxi.

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

In addition to the 58-year-old taxi driver, the injured included a 9-year-old boy, two women aged 49 and four other women aged 19, 37 and 41, NYPD said

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.