by Emma Davey A driver operating a white van hit a 79-year-old woman crossing at Nassau Avenue and Sutton Street, the NYPD confirmed to Greenpointers.
EMS arrived at the scene and transported her to NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull. The NYPD did not share her identity, or the driver’s identity. She suffered a head injury that caused some bleeding and is expected to make a recovery. The driver stayed at the scene. The investigation remains ongoing.Â
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Stuff like this is why we should add a bike lane to the BQE
With eight million+ people and crazy drivers especially e bikes it is a miracle 20 or more people are not killed each day in NYC instead of one or two.
Fearless Emily rushed to Twitter to comfort her followers, but has not had a single comment on the e-bike death.
OK boomer. Show us on the doll where the e-bike touched you.
Seems like you have lots of experience with those type of dolls, and, I am sorry for your daddy issues, but the e-bike did kill a man no matter how clever you wish to be hiding behind your keyboard, fearless warrior Eva.
The man killed by the e-bike was double parked and the e-bike rider ran the stop sign. They canceled each other out, boomer.
we should add a bike lane on top of a bike lane on top of a pedestrian lane on top of a dog park
This intersection is incredibly dangerous. All the sarcastic comments about bike lakes, but those efforts have made our community so much safer. Not sure an article about an injured elderly woman warrants those comments, either.
I used to live on Sutton Street and I am not surprised to hear of this accident. There should be a traffic light on that corner.