A Truck Driver Fatally Struck a Citi Bike Rider in Midtown.
At 2:05 p.m. on June 7, 2024, a box-truck driver struck and killed a 32-year-old Citi Bike rider at 11th Avenue and West 50th Street in Manhattan; the Post reported that the driver was turning right onto 11th Avenue.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
A box-truck driver struck and killed a 32-year-old Citi Bike rider at 11th Avenue and West 50th Street in Manhattan on June 7, 2024. The official record gives the time as 2:05 p.m.; Streetsblog reported around 2:10 p.m., and the Post said shortly after 2 p.m. The Post reported the driver was heading east on West 50th Street and turned right onto 11th Avenue. Reports differed on the driver's age: Streetsblog said 27 and the Post said 26. Both accounts said the driver stayed at the scene; Streetsblog reported no immediate charges, while the Post said there were no arrests and the investigation was ongoing.
The driver was making a right turn.
The Post reported that the driver was heading east on West 50th Street and turned right onto 11th Avenue, striking the cyclist. The official record describes the truck's pre-crash movement as a right turn. The record gives the crash time as 2:05 p.m.; Streetsblog reported around 2:10 p.m., while the Post said shortly after 2 p.m.
Reports differed on the driver's age.
The reports identified the cyclist as a 32-year-old man. Streetsblog reported that the truck driver was 27; the Post reported that he was 26.
Reports described the vehicles in different terms.
The official record identifies the rider's bicycle as a Citi Bike e-bike, and the Post described it as an electric Citi Bike. The official record lists a 2020 Hino box truck; Streetsblog also called it a box truck, while the Post described it as a Lagunitas beer delivery truck.
The driver remained at the scene.
Streetsblog, citing police, reported that the cyclist died at the scene and the driver remained there. The Post said EMS pronounced the rider dead at the scene. Streetsblog reported no immediate charges; in the Post's account, an NYPD spokesman said there were no arrests and the investigation was ongoing.
Where
11 AVENUE and WEST 50 STREET