Cab driver Faysal Himon, shown after the collision on West 49th St. and 6th Ave. in Manhattan that claimed British tourist Sian Green's leg.
The helpless British tourist who lost her left leg in a gruesome Midtown taxi wreck plans to sue New York City for $27.5 million, her attorney confirmed Tuesday.
Sian Green, 24, will claim that the cabbie at the wheel in the Aug. 20 crash on Sixth Ave. didn’t belong on the road because of his reckless driving record, the victim’s lawyer Dan Marchese said.
According to a notice of appeal that Marchese filed with the city, cab driver Faysal Himon had seven points on his license for motor vehicle violations — enough to trigger an automatic hack license suspension.
Faysal Himon's license should have been suspended, because of numerous points, before he got behind the wheel and was involved in the Aug. 20 crash, Sian Green's lawyer says in a notice of intent to sue New York City.
“The Taxi & Limousine Commission should have suspended his license BEFORE the time of the accident,” Marchese wrote in the notice of an impending lawsuit.
Cab accident victim Sian Green, of Britain, leaves 'The Dr. Oz Show' in New York in September, a month after she lost her leg.
“Admittedly, due to a ‘computer glitch,’ TLC failed to ensure pedestrian safety, and specifically [Green’s] safety and well-being.”
The TLC acknowledged that the “glitch” allowed several thousand cabbies to keep their licenses when they should have been yanked.
The suspensions are not permanent, but last for 30 days, according to a TLC spokesman.
A spokeswoman for the city Law Department said the agency “will review the claim.”
Last month, the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced it would bring no charges against cabbie Himon after finishing a two-month investigation.
The Green family blasted the DA’s decision, but prosecutors said they found no criminal liability after multiple interviews and a thorough probe.
The Bangladeshi immigrant cabbie crashed with bike messenger Kenneth Olivo before careening onto the sidewalk and slamming into Green as she munched a hot dog.
