Driver fatally hits Citi Bike rider at 11th and West 50th
A 26-year-old Lagunitas beer-truck driver turned right onto 11th Avenue and hit a 32-year-old electric Citi Bike rider, police told the Post, in a crash the official record lists as killing one cyclist at 2:05 p.m. June 7, 2024.
What We Know
A driver in a Lagunitas beer delivery truck was heading east on West 50th Street shortly after 2 p.m. on June 7, 2024, when he turned right onto 11th Avenue and hit a 32-year-old cyclist riding an electric Citi Bike, police told the Post. The city crash record lists the collision at 2:05 p.m. at 11th Avenue and West 50th Street, involving a box truck and an e-bike, and records one cyclist killed with no other injuries. EMS pronounced the rider dead at the scene. Police said the truck operator remained there, with no arrests and an investigation ongoing.
A right turn at 11th Avenue
Police told the Post that the 26-year-old driver of a Lagunitas beer truck was heading east on West 50th Street when he made a right turn onto 11th Avenue and hit the 32-year-old rider on an electric Citi Bike.
The official record places the crash at 2:05 p.m. on June 7, 2024, and lists a box truck and an e-bike. It records one cyclist killed and no other injuries.
11th Avenue is a high-crash corridor
The crash was recorded at 11th Avenue and West 50th Street in Manhattan.
CrashCountNYC’s Crash Finder identifies 11th Avenue in Manhattan as a corridor with 620 crashes, 283 injuries, 31 serious injuries and 3 deaths since 2022.
The rider died at the scene
EMS pronounced the 32-year-old Citi Bike rider dead at the scene, police told the Post.
Police said the truck operator remained at the scene. An NYPD spokesman told the Post there were no arrests and the investigation was ongoing.
Police and city records describe the equipment involved
The official record lists the motor vehicle as a 2020 Hino box truck and the bike as an e-bike with Citi Bike listed as the make. The Post described the truck as a Lagunitas beer delivery truck and the rider’s bike as an electric Citi Bike.