Bus Driver Hits and Kills Cyclist on Delancey Street
Image: ABC 7.WABC is reporting that a woman riding a bike was struck and killed by a school bus driver at the intersection of Delancey and Ludlow at around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. Streetsblog has a request in with NYPD for more information. From ABC’s aerial picture of the crash scene, it appears as though the fatal collision occurred on the east-bound side of Delancey.
The intersection is just a few blocks away from the entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge. Since 2008, volunteer group Adopt-a-Bike Lane has been advocating for a protected bike path on this stretch of Delancey. “This is tragic news — no one should risk his or her life to get to and from the most popular bridge for biking in the country,” said Adopt-a-Bike Lane coordinator Marin Tockman. “We can only hope that in the wake of such sad news that our city officials do something to improve this essential corridor.”
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