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This is the Range Rover driver who was filmed being attacked by a pack of motorcyclists in New York.

A helmet camera captured the moment riders surrounded the car, being driven by 33-year-old Alexian Lien in Manhattan on Sunday.

The bikers had gathered in the area for a rally, and police say the attack began after Lien's car hit one of them.

Fearing for the safety of his wife Roslyn Ng and five-month-old child, Mr Lien told police he accelerated to get away.

The baby was in the back and Ng was in the front passenger seat.

During the six-minute film it appears to show one biker braking in front of the black 4x4 before then being bumped by the driver.

As motorcyclists begin to surround the vehicle one rider gets off his bike to remonstrate with the motorist.

But as he draws close, the driver fearing for the safety of his wife and young child, aged under five, speeds off, hitting several bikers in his path.

As he flees up to 30 angry bikers follow the 4x4 and it takes only a matter of seconds for them to catch up.

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After following the Range Rover for several minutes the driver is forced to pull over as the bikers and a white SUV block his path.

But as one man confronts the man after pulling the door open the Range Rover again speeds off knocking down another biker.

A few moments later he is then forced to stop at traffic lights and within seconds two bikers begin attacking the driver's side windows.

The first takes off his helmet and smashes it against the door window, smashing it.

The second tries to punch through the rear door window.

The footage then stops. Today police said no one had been arrested and they are still investigating what happened.

A NYPD spokesman said, according to the driver, a large number of motorcyclists were driving "erratically" and he "accidentally collided with one".

He added the driver drove off "to avoid an impending assault".

The motorist, who is in his thirties, was left needing hospital attention after suffering cuts and bruises to his face and body.

The video, posted on web site LiveLeak, led to several viewers supporting the driver.

One person, writing under the name Sgt Pepper, said: “I would do exactly the same thing.

"They're intimidating him and he's probably fearing for his life.”

Another, 'Zacarra' wrote the driver acted in "self defence".

"Did you see the biker break (sic) check him in the beginning. This poor guy was running for his life from the start," zacarra writes.