A bicyclist was critically injured when a driver fleeing the police in Midtown Manhattan slammed into him last night. Police say the driver was drunk and going the wrong way up Seventh Avenue when he struck the cyclist.

The unnamed driver, 28, was "driving erratically" in a parking garage on West 34th Street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, around 7:30 p.m., an NYPD spokesman told DNAinfo. The driver reportedly almost hit a family inside the garage.

When police tried to stop him, the driver allegedly turned left onto Seventh Avenue, going north against traffic, and hit a 32-year-old male cyclist. Photographs from WABC 7 reporter CeFaan Kim show the bicycle as well as the shattered windshield of the driver's car:

Bicyclist struck by wrong way driver on 34th and 7th Avenue. Witnesses say he was eluding cops and nearly mowed down a crowd of people. pic.twitter.com/D82JakzCAV — CeFaan Kim (@CeFaanKim) June 26, 2017

"The guy picked up speed, he pressed on the gas all of a sudden, then ‘bam!' We ran right here, we see the guy laying there," a witness said to WCBS 2.

Police say they finally apprehended the driver on West 35th Street, but only after he abandoned his car and fled on foot. His 28-year-old passenger, who reportedly owns the car, was released without charges.

The driver will likely face charges of vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated and driving with a suspended license. WABC 7 reports that his blood alcohol was .177, more than twice the legal limit, and that he has "25 license suspensions on 12 different dates, and 21 prior arrests."