Crime & Safety
Cyclist Killed By Box Truck In Greenpoint, Cops Say
The 58-year-old cyclist was hit on McGuinnes Boulevard on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — A cyclist was killed Tuesday afternoon by a box truck on McGuinness Boulevard, police said.
The 58-year-old cyclist was facing south on McGuinness Boulevard near Norman Avenue just before 4 p.m. when he was hit by a box truck that was driven south on McGuinness Boulevard, police said.
Emergency responders rushed the man to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Police said no arrests have been made and that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad will investigate the crash.
The cyclist has become the 17th to lose their life this year in New York City, up from 10 deaths in all of 2018.
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Just hours before the Greenpoint cyclist died, teen cyclist Alex Cordero was killed in Staten Island, according to Streetsblog.
Most recently in Brooklyn, Bushwick artist Devra Freelander was killed by a cement truck when riding her bike in East Williamsburg.
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