Complex sentence: As the taxi pulled alongside Crossen, Murphy jumped out and hit the man with a wheel brace to disorientate him before he was dragged into the taxi by Benjamin Edwards and Archie Waller, two of Murphy's gang.
Split into simpler sentences: As the taxi pulled alongside Crossen, Murphy jumped out and hit the man with a wheel brace to disorientate him. He was then dragged into the taxi by Benjamin Edwards and Archie Waller, two of Murphy's gang.