Brooklyn, NY – Emergency response units are on the scene of a bicyclist that was fatally struck by a truck in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.
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The 20-year-old female was hit at Bedford Avenue and Empire Blvd and has succumbed to her injuries.
Chesed Shell Emes on the scene, NYPD Highway Accident Investigation Squad is responding to the scene.
Nebech, nebech.
Horrible, may her family be comforted among all the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
This kind of thing always reminds me of Unasaneh Tokef on Yom Kippur….my sympathies to this poor woman’s family.
That being said, however, I am not that surprised that this occurred. I drive in that part of Brooklyn almost every day. With the gentrification of Williamsburgh and Crown Heights has come a wave of yuppie types who ride their bicycles everywhere. They wear helmets but are very unsafe, weaving around and between moving vehicles. Once a bike rider grabbed hold of my car to let him gain speed more quickly. I don’t know if this person was one of them, but if she was, I hope her lesson won’t be lost on the others.
g-d has his plans.the article b4 an 18 year old won enough money for life with ease .things happen and we will nvr know truly why.
b-d-e hashem yerachaim
to 5t- the sad part of your comments is after people pointed out to tou how tottaly insensetive you are you are reapeting your stupid comments and thoughts
BDE…
let’s just stay on the sidewalks and use cars for transportation…it hurts the heart to hear this…oiy Hashem…why?
hello…and some of those yuppies can be your sis/bro…be careful when u drive and text. (ahem)
Bike lanes are a mistake.
It simply is not as safe as people think it is.
It seems that both the cyclists and the truck driver, both made major safety driving errors.
The Truck driver should have been arrested for reckless driving since there are no skid marks, indicating that the truck did not even make any effort to stop. Even after the front wheals of the truck ran her over, he made no effort to stop and ran her over again with his back wheals too!
The cyclists also made major error in driving the wrong way on the wrong side of the street, especially down-hill and at high speed.
Bedford ave at the corner of Empire, is a 2 way street and has 2 bike lanes in 2 different directions. A contributing factor was that the cyclists was driving on the wrong side of the steet, the wrong way and at high speed.
I once heard a cyclist saying Tefilas Haderech, asking Hashem to keep him safe.
A “BAS KOL” from heaven echoed back asking the cyclist to:
“Give G-d a break and and help out a little by at least following some of the rules of the road, sometimes”.