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Cyclist Dies After Being Hit by Two Cabs on Park Avenue

By  Trevor Kapp and Amanda Mikelberg | June 7, 2013 7:56am | Updated on June 7, 2013 10:03am

 A 25-year-old bicylist was fatally struck by two cabs at 125th Street and Park Avenue in East Harlem Thursday night, police said.
A 25-year-old bicylist was fatally struck by two cabs at 125th Street and Park Avenue in East Harlem Thursday night, police said.
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EAST HARLEM — A cyclist was killed Thursday night after being struck by a pair of cabs at a busy intersection, police said.

The woman, 25, was traveling south on Park Avenue at 9:20 p.m. when she was hit by a taxi crossing 125th Street, cops said.

She was then hit by a second taxi, cops said.

The woman was taken to Harlem Hospital with severe trauma and was pronounced dead, officials said.

Police at the scene said the woman ran a red light just before being hit by the first taxi.

The "cyclist had run through a steady red light," the officer said, adding "that the cabbie had the right of way."

Both taxi drivers remained at the scene, police said, and no criminality is suspected.

The bike the woman was riding was not a Citi Bike, cops said.