Cyclist Killed In Crash With A Dog In Central Park
A senior on a bicycle died after colliding with an off-leash dog in Central Park on Monday morning, police said.
According to a preliminary report from the NYPD, the 71-year-old bicyclist was riding on the East Drive near 84th Street at around 8:20 a.m. when he “collided with a dog that ran onto the roadway.”
The man fell from the luxury racing bike and suffered injuries to his head and body, police said. He was taken to NY Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell, where he died. His name was not released, pending family notification.
The owner of the dog remained on scene, according to police. The dog was not injured.
According to the Central Park Conservancy, dogs can be off-leash until 9 a.m., but not on the park drives.
The crash site is almost identical to the location where a pedal cyclist struck a pedestrian last month. The pedestrian later died from the injuries he sustained — the first pedestrian killed by a cyclist in Central Park since 2014.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
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