Cabbie loses control of his taxi as it flips onto its roof in Midtown

A cab driver lost control and flipped onto its roof on a Midtown street Wednesday, officials said.

The cabbie had a passenger in his back seat when the car overturned on Fifth Ave. near 49th St. about 2:15 p.m.

Witnesses told NBC News Radio that the taxi was trying to avoid another cab when he struck a pole and flipped.

Medics took the cabbie and the passenger to Bellevue Hospital with serious injuries, but none were considered life-threatening.

Both were able to get out of the mangled cab on their own, officials said.