City Sanitation Truck Leaves Scene After Crushing Bicyclist

By Theodore Parisienne               Posted – 10:00AM

Sanitation Department of New York personnel at the scene where a female cyclist was struck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

A 25yr old woman riding her bicycle northbound on Evergreen Avenue near Menahan Street in the bicycle lane was struck by a garbage truck owned by the Sanitation Department of New York just after 9:00PM Wednesday night in Brooklyn.

Sanitation Department of New York personnel at the scene where a female cyclist was struck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

According to witnesses the truck, which was also traveling north on Evergreen Avenue, then kept on going, leaving the woman crumpled in the street. “Her right arm was practically torn off” “She was not moving”, said one witness who declined to give his name.

Officers Investigate at the scene where a female cyclist was struck by a NYC Sanitation garbage truck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

The woman was rushed to Brookdale Hospital in critical condition. Police Officers tracked the garbage truck to a Sanitation Depot almost two miles away on Varick Avenue and Meserole Street where, according to the NYPD, two people were taken into custody for questioning.

Sanitation Department of New York personnel at the scene where a female cyclist was struck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

There are no arrests and no charges filed at this time, according to the NYPD. The Investigation is ongoing.

Sanitation Department of New York personnel at the scene where a female cyclist was struck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Officers Investigate at the scene where a female cyclist was struck by a NYC Sanitation garbage truck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Officers Investigate at the scene where a female cyclist was struck by a NYC Sanitation garbage truck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Officers Investigate at the scene where a female cyclist was struck by a NYC Sanitation garbage truck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
The scene where a female cyclist was struck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
The scene where a female cyclist was struck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

Officers Investigate at the scene where a female cyclist was struck by a NYC Sanitation garbage truck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

Officers Investigate at the scene where a female cyclist was struck by a NYC Sanitation garbage truck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

Officers Investigate at the scene where a female cyclist was struck by a NYC Sanitation garbage truck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Officers Investigate at the scene where a female cyclist was struck by a NYC Sanitation garbage truck in Brooklyn on Wednesday August 1, 2018.  (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

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