by Emma Davey A driver who hit and killed a cyclist in Williamsburg on Sunday was driving under the influence, authorities say.Â
46-year-old Luis Mendez was fatally struck while riding his bike on Union Avenue and Lynch Street. He was hit around 11:30 a.m. by a van driver going northbound, now known to be 40-year-old Bed-Stuy resident Can Nomer. Authorities were called to the scene and took Mendez to NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County, where he was pronounced…
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How about pushing for the charge to be more than manslaughter? It wasn’t lack of bike label that caused this tragedy. It was a drunk driver!