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UPDATE: Teen Cyclist Killed by Amazon Truck Driver — in Truck with No Plates

An 18-year-old on an electric Citi Bike was struck and killed by the driver of an Amazon truck that apparently had no license plates on it on Friday afternoon in Gramercy Park.

The crash scene and (inset) the truck with no plates. Photos: Liam Quigley

An 18-year-old on an electric Citi Bike was struck and killed by the driver of an Amazon truck that apparently had no license plates on it on Friday afternoon near Stuyvesant Town.

According to cops, the bike rider and the truck driver were heading up First Avenue at around 12:40 p.m., with the cyclist in the center lane and the truck driver one lane to the right. At some point near E. 17th Street, the cyclist "changed lanes to the right," according to cops. That's when he was struck by the trucker, police added.

The cyclist, Malcom Livesey, who lived nearby in Stuy Town, was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he died. The driver stayed on the scene and was not charged, though the investigation is ongoing, police said.

Livesey is at least the 18th cyclist to die on city roads this year, the highest number through this point in any year since at least 2011, according to city statistics. The Department of Transportation's data below is complete through Wednesday:

This data was complete through Wednesday.

Reporter Liam Quigley tweeted that the truck did not have plates:

Updated on Saturday at around 1:45 p.m. with new information from the NYPD.

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