Box truck driver fatally hits cyclist in Gowanus
A 37-year-old cyclist was killed Jan. 10, 2023, near 2nd Avenue and 9th Street in Brooklyn, where police told amNewYork a box truck driver hit her as she rode a Citi Bike.
What We Know
The crash happened around 7:20 a.m. on Jan. 10, 2023, near 2nd Avenue and 9th Street in Brooklyn. The city crash record lists one cyclist killed and no other injuries, with a box truck and an e-bike involved. amNewYork reported that police said a box truck driver hit a 37-year-old woman riding a Citi Bike, that she was pronounced dead at the scene, and that the driver remained there. Police told the outlet no arrests had been made and that they did not suspect criminality at the time, while the circumstances remained under investigation.
Morning crash at 2nd Avenue and 9th Street
The city crash record places the collision at 7:20 a.m. on Jan. 10, 2023, at 9th Street and 2nd Avenue in Brooklyn, and records one cyclist killed and no other injuries.
amNewYork reported that police said a box truck driver hit a 37-year-old woman while she was riding a Citi Bike near the intersection. The outlet reported that the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cyclist was 37
The official record identifies the person killed as a 37-year-old female bicyclist. amNewYork reported that she had not yet been identified publicly pending family notification when the article was published.
Police and the city record described a truck and a bike
The official record lists a box truck and an e-bike as the vehicles involved. amNewYork reported that police described the woman as riding a Citi Bike and said the circumstances of the crash were still under investigation.
A corridor with a long crash history
The crash happened at 9th Street and 2nd Avenue in Brooklyn. Along 9th Street in Brooklyn, CrashCountNYC's Crash Finder shows 602 crashes, 322 injuries, 23 serious injuries and 2 deaths since 2022.
Driver remained at the scene
amNewYork reported that the box truck driver remained at the scene. Police told the outlet that no arrests had been made and that they did not suspect criminality at the time of the report.