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A cyclist riding in a bike lane on Bushwick's Evergreen Ave
A cyclist riding in a bike lane on Bushwick's Evergreen Ave
A cyclist riding in a bike lane on Bushwick’s Evergreen Ave. was struck and killed on Tuesday morning by a truck driver turning to drive down Hart Street.
According to the NYPD, Leah Sylvain, a 27-year-old woman, suffered severe trauma to the head shortly before 7 a.m. on Tuesday when a Peterbilt fuel truck driven by Joseph Cherry, who had been sitting in northbound traffic on Evergreen, turned into the bike lane and hit her. She was taken to Woodhull Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
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