Police said a driver running from officers attempting to conduct a traffic stop plowed down a pair of pedestrians in Queens overnight and was still on the run Sunday. The NYPD said the driver of a BMW tried evading a traffic stop around 2 a.

The group of pedestrians was crossing 80th Street by Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights just before 2 a.m. Sunday. Seconds later, as the victims tried to get their bearings, the driver took off on foot down 80th Street,

A driver struck two pedestrians in a hit-and-run incident in Queens early Sunday morning while avoiding a traffic stop, police said. The collision occurred just before 2 a.m. at 80th Street and Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights.

Detectives said the suspect struck two people with his car as officers tried catching up to him in Jackson Heights. CBS News New York's John Dias reports.