BROOKLYN — A cyclist was critically injured after police say he swerved into oncoming traffic and was struck by a car and hurled through its windshield in Park Slope on Wednesday night.
Police said according to initial reports, the 20-year-old cyclist veered from his northbound lane on Sixth Avenue into the southbound lane about 9:20 p.m. and was hit by an oncoming Honda Civic near Ninth Street.
The cyclist was thrown through the Civic's windshield and landed in the car, the NYPD spokesman said Thursday morning.
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The cyclist suffered critical injuries and was treated at Methodist Hospital, police said.
"The cyclist is still holding on, he's still fighting, we're hoping he's going to pull through," a police source said Thursday morning.
The Civic's 25-year-old driver was "very shaken up" by the crash and remained at the scene, a police source said. Investigators did not suspect the driver of criminality, a police source said.
Police from the local 78th Precinct declined to comment on the crash until the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad, a separate division that investigates crashes, gathers more information.
Police faced harsh criticism from cycling advocates in April for releasing early information about a crash involving a truck and a cyclist, which they blamed on the cyclist.
Wednesday's crash was the third serious collision this year involving a cyclist on Sixth Avenue, which does not have a bike lane.
In April, 33-year-old James Gregg was killed on Sixth Avenue and Sterling Place after a collision with a truck. In July a 28-year-old cyclist was injured after a collision with a car at 22nd Street.
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