A New York City man who was out driving Sunday celebrating his first wedding anniversary with his wife and 2-year-old daughter was brutally beaten by members of a motorcycle gang in front of his horrified family after a high-speed chase.

Police said Tuesday morning it remains unclear what caused the confrontation that led to the assault on Alexian Lien. Lien, 33, was left bloodied and had to be hospitalized. But investigators are studying a 6-minute helmet-cam video that shows part of the chase and cuts off just before Lien is pulled out of his luxury SUV and beaten by the mob, The New York Post reported.

NYPD confirmed that there has been one arrest. Christopher Cruz, 28, was charged with reckless endangerment, menacing, reckless driving and acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17. Another suspect in connection to the case turned himself in, but police would not provide any further information.

Law enforcement sources told the New York Post Tuesday that the bikers were trying to slow Lien down so they could get in front of him and take over the West Side Highway. Some bikers had already blocked off a few of the highway's entrances to prevent drivers from entering, the sources said.

Liens first encounter with the bikers shows a group of them taking off their helmets and denting the side of Liens SUV, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told The Post. A few other riders slashed the tires. Lien apparently panicked and stepped on the gas. He was surrounded at the time and slammed into a few of the riders, the report said.

Some bikers stayed behind to tend to their fallen comrades, but others chased Liens SUV.

He feared for his life and the lives of his wife and daughter, a police source told The Post.

The bikers, about 30 or so, chased Lien more than 50 blocks on the West Side Highway, which was recorded on a 6-plus-minute video later posted on YouTube. Lien, however, was driving with damaged tires and was forced to turn off at W. 178th St. in Washington Heights, where the assault occurred, the report said.

One biker was seen on the video ripping off his helmet and using it to bash in Liens drivers-side window. The crew then pulled Lien from the SUV and beat him on the pavement in front of his wife, Rosalyn Ng, and their 2-year-old daughter, police sources told The New York Post.

“They went up on the sidewalk. It was just so many of them that they took up the whole street, one witness told The Daily News.

Lien, who is reportedly the director of the e-commerce firm Skrill.com, was rushed to Columbia University Medical Center, where he received stitches to his face and chest and had two black eyes, the report said. Jeremiah Mieses, one of the motorcycle riders struck by Lien, may be left a paraplegic, the report said.

My son just got out of surgery. Now we have to contend with his situation that he will never walk again, the injured mans father, Rev. Edwin Mieses posted on Facebook, The Daily News reported.

This man needs to know he hurt someone, Jeremiah Mieses' wife Dayana Mieses told Boston.CBSLocal.com. That man paralyzed my husband. He needs to pay for what he did.

Dayana Mieses told the station that her husband has injuries to his heart, lungs and ribs and that he is paralyzed from the waist down.

Jeremiah Mieses, one of the motorcycle riders struck by Lien, may be left a paraplegic, the report said.

My son just got out of surgery. Now we have to contend with his situation that he will never walk again, the injured mans father, Rev. Edwin Mieses posted on Facebook, The Daily News reported.

This man needs to know he hurt someone,�� Jeremiah Mieses' wife Dayana Mieses told Boston.CBSLocal.com. That man paralyzed my husband. He needs to pay for what he did.

Dayana Mieses told the station that her husband has injuries to his heart, lungs and ribs and that he is paralyzed from the waist down.

So let me get this straight, these yayhoos were acting like idiots on the freeway trying to block it off so they could screw around on it and starts harassing this guy and his family and in the process some of them get hurt and one possibly paralyzed and this is somehow Lien's fault?

why I wish we had more cameras,, yeah, I said it

the 'other news' about the incident, with video...


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/bikers-assault-suv-driver_n_4016951.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular


he was driving too close, and should be held 'legally' accountable, but that's not justification for the bikers behavior towards what was not just the driver, but the FAMILY in the car

Driving too close? Did you watch the video? (not included with the article)

why I wish we had more cameras,, yeah, I said it

the 'other news' about the incident, with video...


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/bikers-assault-suv-driver_n_4016951.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular


he was driving too close, and should be held 'legally' accountable, but that's not justification for the bikers behavior towards what was not just the driver, but the FAMILY in the car

I'm a rider.... well, I was before my health and finances took a dump and not so much any more. I made "The Run For The (Vietnam) Wall" from AZ in 1999 and aside from a few law enforcement hassles, breakdowns, and weather, there were no real incidents to mention. These riders were just a Crotch-rocket mob, disrespectful, and their actions in a pack were not representative of most of us who ride (not to say we are faultless, but it's a whole different ride)..... sorry to say

Deleted Videos Show Asshat Bikers Before Range Rover Attack The original uploader of the NYC Range Rover vs. Biker attack video

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/the-footage-that-the-nyc-bikers-didnt-want-you-to-see-1435594427

I'm a rider.... well, I was before my health and finances took a dump and not so much any more. I made "The Run For The (Vietnam) Wall" from AZ in 1999 and aside from a few law enforcement hassles, breakdowns, and weather, there were no real incidents to mention. These riders were just a Crotch-rocket mob, disrespectful, and their actions in a pack were not representative of most of us who ride (not to say we are faultless, but it's a whole different ride)..... sorry to say

Deleted Videos Show Asshat Bikers Before Range Rover Attack The original uploader of the NYC Range Rover vs. Biker attack video

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/the-footage-that-the-nyc-bikers-didnt-want-you-to-see-1435594427

the story i read yesterday says he accidentally bumped a couple of bikes, thats why they stopped him the first time, then the driver of the range rover got scared and took off and thats when he ran over the bikers... the bikers stopped the man twice

seems like I Read something similar, that he bumped a bike and pulled over himself but got surrounded and having his car attacked before panicking and speeding off , getting caught in traffic, and then being surrounded, pulled out the car, and beaten

there was video on the link provided, intitially he bumps a bike and stops and is then surrounded and with the car assaulted before he sped off,,,,

You're saying the bikers were too close? if so I agree.

yea, the video shows him after the second stop, when the bikers got ran over... the police says the man in the suv won't be charged, while they are looking for the 2 that beat him...

The way it should be. If these idiots were out trying to close down the freeway so they could have it all to themselves none of this would have happened.