Cyclist Hit By Dump Truck On 3rd Ave. In Critical Condition: Cops

GOWANUS, BROOKLYN — An e-bike rider is in critical condition after being hit by a dump truck on Third Avenue Sunday night, police said.

The 62-year-old cyclist was riding north on Third Avenue just after 9:30 p.m. when the truck, which was driving south on the corridor, tried to make a left turn onto 12th Street and hit him, an NYPD spokesman said.

The cyclist was sent to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital with a serious head injury, the spokesman said.

The 32-year-old driver of the mack dump truck stayed on the scene of the crash. There have been no arrests yet and the crash is under investigation, police said.

The crash is not the first on Brooklyn's Third Avenue this year. Two of the 20 cyclists who have died on New York City streets in 2019 were killed several blocks south on the corridor, which elected officials and advocates have long called one of the more dangerous in the borough.

Of the 20 cyclists who have died this year, 15 were hit in Brooklyn.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $58.4 million "Green Wave" bike safety plan this year in response to the spike in cyclist deaths, which are more than double what they were in all of 2018.