NEW YORK — Shaky camera footage depicts the gory scene: A driver who police say was frightened when a group of motorcyclists swarmed his Range Rover plowed through them, striking a rider.

The biker, Edwin Mieses Jr., suffered broken legs and spine injuries, his wife, Dayana Mieses, said outside a hospital on Tuesday.

“There’s no hope for his back,” Dayana Mieses told reporters. “They crushed his spine. They broke it in two different places, so he will be forever, forever paralyzed.”

Another man also was injured. Bikers chased after the SUV, then beat the driver, police said. A portion of the Sunday incident, captured on a helmet-mounted camera worn by another rider, was posted online anonymously. Since then, Dayana Mieses said, the bikers have been portrayed as villains who ambushed an innocent man driving his family.

According to police, Edwin Mieses was part of an unauthorized motorcycle rally on Manhattan’s West Side Highway. The incident started when a motorcycle and an SUV collided.

The motorcyclists, 20 to 30 in all, then stopped on the highway, blocking the SUV’s path. Police said some of the bikers began damaging the Range Rover.

The video shows the SUV suddenly accelerating, bouncing over at least one of the motorcycles and its rider. The bikers chase the SUV and beat the driver.

The driver of the SUV, Alexian Lien, 33, was taken to a hospital where he needed stitches for his face. His wife and 2-year-old were not injured. He has not been charged.