Woman Killed In UES Truck Crash Identified As Yorkville Local: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A young Citi Bike rider fatally struck by a large truck Tuesday morning was hit just a few blocks away from her Yorkville home, according to police.

Carling Mott, 28, was the victim of Tuesday's crash on East 85th Street between Park and Madison avenues, police said. Mott lived just a few blocks away, on East 84th Street.

Police initially reported that Mott had been biking against traffic, but revised this statement Wednesday to note she'd been waiting for a red light to change moments before the fatal crash about 11 a.m.

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Mott was biking west along East 85th Street when she and a 2017 Great Dane tractor-trailer truck stopped at a red light on Madison Avenue, police said.

When the light turned green, Mott fell off her bike and was hit by the truck as the driver began moving forward, police said. Police gave no explanation for why she fell.

Medics rushed Mott to NewYork Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, but were unable to save her life, police said.

No charges have been announced against the truck driver, who stayed at the scene, but an investigation is ongoing by the NYPD's Highway Collision Investigation Squad, police said.

Video posted to the Citizen app after the crash showed what appeared to be a large food-distribution truck stopped in the middle of the street, which was cordoned off by police tape after the crash.

The mostly-residential block is also home to Regis High School and Park Avenue Christian Church.

East 85th Street is not among the official truck routes that commercial vehicles are supposed to use in New York City — though nearby East 86th Street is.

Danny Harris, executive director of the street-safety group Transportation Alternatives, condemned the woman's death in a statement Tuesday evening.

"Another New Yorker is dead while trying to ride a bicycle on the Upper East Side," Harris said. "Despite decades of advocacy, New York City has failed to build adequate crosstown protected bike lanes in this neighborhood. The absence of safe biking infrastructure on the Upper East Side is deadly."

New York also does not allow 53-foot-long tractor-trailers — the larger of the two standard trailer lengths — to make pickups or deliveries within the five boroughs, though some advocates point out that the rule is often violated.

The size of the truck involved in Tuesday's crash was not clear.

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