An MTA bus operator fatally struck a Brooklyn bike owner Tuesday afternoon, police stated.
The sufferer, a 67-year-old man, was heading north alongside Rogers Avenue when he tried to make a left flip onto Clarendon Highway round 4:30 p.m., based on an NYPD spokeswoman.
Because the bike owner maneuvered for the flip, he reduce off and crashed right into a bus operator who was heading north on Rogers and persevering with straight by way of the intersection, cops stated.
The bus touring intently alongside the bike owner at a a lot sooner pace when the 2 collided, based on safety digicam footage obtained by The Put up. It’s not potential to inform from the clip if the bike owner was turning into the bus on the time.
The bike owner was unconscious and being handled by EMS when police arrived on the scene. He was taken to NYC Well being + Hospitals/Kings County the place he was pronounced useless, based on police.
Cops might be seen on the intersection inspecting what seemed to be a reasonably intact bicycle with a rear-wheel basket, evaluating harm to a B49 bus concerned within the crash.
No arrests have been made and a police investigation is ongoing, cops stated.
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