Pedestrian Dies After Cyclist Hit-And-Run In Chelsea, Police Say

CHELSEA, NY — A pedestrian died nearly a week after being hit by a cyclist in a hit-and-run in Chelsea, police said.

Michael Collopy, 60, was at Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street when a cyclist heading northbound on Sixth Avenue hit him in the marked bike lane Wednesday, July 31 about 11:50 a.m., according to police.

The cyclist left the intersection, police said.

Emergency responders rushed Collopy, who was a real estate broker in Chelsea, to Bellevue Hospital with head injuries, where he died Monday, police said.

No arrests have been made in the crash, and the investigation remains ongoing, according to police.

Police announced Collopy's death Wednesday evening, saying in the department's statement that the Medical Examiner had determined the cause of death was being struck by a cyclist. It was later revealed that the Medical Examiner had not yet made a determination, according to a statement from the Medical Examiner to Streetsblog.

The Medical Examiner's spokesperson Aja Worthy-Davis confirmed to Patch that the cause of death is "pending at this time."

Collopy's death is the second at the notably dangerous intersection in Chelsea in 2019.

In June, a 20-year-old cyclist was killed.

Per NYPD statistics, 60 pedestrians and 82 cyclists have been injured in crashes in the 13th Precinct in 2019 as of Sunday, including three cyclist injuries at 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue.

Patch has reached out to the NYPD will update this article as more information becomes available about what happened, and why the NYPD previously released the cause of death.

This article has been updated with information regarding the determination of a cause of death.