Bicyclist Struck by Flatbed Truck in Midtown Hit-and-Run

Ben Fractenberg

By Ben Fractenberg on August 27, 2010 9:42am | Updated on August 27, 2010 9:42am

A bicyclist was struck by a truck at 59 Street and Second Avenue Thursday night

DNAinfo/Mariel Clark

By Ben Fractenberg

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MIDTOWN — A flatbed truck struck a man riding his bicycle Thursday night at East 59th Street and Second Avenue and then fled the scene, police said.

Emergency responders rushed the 45-year-old man to Cornell Hospital around 11 p.m. in critical condition, police said.

The truck took off heading north on Second Avenue, according to police.

An investigation is ongoing.


NEIGHBORHOOD SPONSORS

NEIGHBORHOOD SPONSORS

Top Stories