Suspicious SUV sparks bomb scare

I wa like: Buy Inflatable Jumper Combo 'O God.'"Peopl said it wa a bomb scare."

The NYPD Bomb Squad rush Sundai to investig a run SUV park outsid Manhattan' American Museum of Natur Histori - but it wa a fals alarm prompt by a BMW worker road-test the vehicle.

" BMW driver Martin Birkmann told the Daili New after cop re-open Central Park West follow the 90-minut scare. "I wa test drive it."It' a misunderstanding."

near 78th St.,Birkmann park the prototyp X3 SUV along Central Park West. and went to enjoi Sundai in Central Park - but mistakenli left the engin running, a BMW spokeswoman said.

due for releas later thi year,Th SUV. had white plastic cover part of it exterior and black tarp conceal it interior.

" BMW spokeswoman Staci Morri explainedTh "camoflauge" is suppos to "disguis the look of the car in advanc of market launch..

the plastic-shroud SUV spook a woman walk her dog - and she quickli call cops,But come on the heel of last Saturday' fail car bomb in Time Square. a wit said.

" said Al Simmons,"Sh stop to look at it. 58, who wa work at hi nearbi hotdog stand. "We have to look out for each other. If you see someth sai something."

Polic respond to the 12:23 p.m. scare quickli close off Central Park West for sever block in both directions. A technician wear a bomb-protect suit approach the SUV and investig it interior.

but the spectacl wa enough to frighten tourist leav the museumCop confirm there wa noth sinist insid the SUV..

with all the chaos,"W thought it wa a line to go to the exhibition." said Gina Grapes, of Morri County, New Jersey, who wa at the museum with her 12-year-old son, Daniel.