WOMAN SAYS PEDICAB RIDE ENDED IN INJURY

By DAREH GREGORIAN

A Brooklyn woman says she suffered a "serious injury" while enjoying a pedicab ride through Central Park.

In what's believed to be a first of its kind case, Ana Angeli Guterrez Perez pedi driver Sherif Hamouda's "carelessness, recklessness and negligence" resulted in her injuring her head on April 23 of last year.

That's when the Cypress Hills resident was "thrown out of" the pedicab as the driver went down a slight incline on the East Drive near 72nd Street and hit a pothole, the suit says.

"The guy lost control," said her lawyer Stuart Perry.

He said Perez suffered a "closed head injury," and has suffered from headaches, blurry vision and inability to concentrate ever since.

The suit, which seeks unspecified money damages, also names the city as a defendant because of the pothole.

"I truly doubt the pedicab has any insurance but this lady deserves her day in court," Perry said.

"She's an average nice lady who was just in a park going through the park on a nice day."