FEMALE MESSENGER FATALLY STRUCK ON 6th Ave

On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 4:13 PM Jack Brown <jckmbrown@yahoo.com> wrote:

Chirlane- Please convey to Mr. Seth Stein that his PR words ring hollow. Messenger was not in the bike lane so the system can be tight as a Riker's cell and if a rider doesn't use it-SO WHAT?  Time is coming when Mayor de Blasio is going to have to face the reality of this public safety crisis. Perhaps by that time his quixotic pursuit of the presidential nomination will have ebbed and flown.

Regards-

Jack Brown

Coalition Against Rogue Riding.

CHELSEA, Manhattan (WABC) -- A female bike messenger was fatally struck by a delivery truck in Manhattan Monday morning.

It happened just after 9 a.m. Monday on Sixth Avenue between West 23rd and 24th streets in the Flatiron District.

Authorities say the 20-year-old woman was riding in the middle of the street and not in a bike lane when she was struck by a white delivery truck.

The incident was initially reported as a hit and run, but police say the driver circled back and was not issued any summonses.

He was apparently unaware he had struck a person but was flagged down a few blocks from the crash and immediately returned to the scene.

The victim was bleeding from the head and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.

Her identity has not yet been released, but friends say she was from Virginia and staying in Brooklyn.

The area was closed for the investigation, leading to major traffic delays.

The victim's helmet and belongings were still lying in the street hours after the crash.

The Department of Transportation says this is the 11th bicyclist to die this year, compared to 10 cyclists in all of 2018.

"We grieve at any loss of life on our streets, and our thoughts are with the victim's family and friends," said Seth Stein, a spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio. "While cycling continues to explode in popularity, we will continue our work to make our bike lane network safer for everyone."

On Jun 24, 2019, at 2:43 PM, Jack Brown <jckmbrown@yahoo.com> wrote:

Was she wearing a helmet? She was in the road-not bike lane. Something very sadly wrong with this picture.

The lack of a responsible bike culture is causing injury and death.How the situation in the streets and on the sidewalks

has come to this displays a negligence-a depraved indifference-to human life, the quality of life and human suffering in the

city. A public safety crisis that has been allowed to wind out of control by conflating going green with promoting an irresponsible

indifference to reason and balance. These deaths, severe injuries and untold number of harrowing close calls are the

result of a perhaps delusional assault on the rights of the public to satisfy the greed and ego of a few The reality is NO ONE

benefits with the streets and sidewalks out of control. NO ONE.

Jack Brown

Coalition Against Rogue Riding

To: Jack Brown

Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019, 11:45:42 AM EDT

Subject: FEMALE MESSENGER FATALLY STRUCK

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