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A man riding an unspecified two-wheeled device, such as a bike, scooter, or moped, was fatally struck by a pick-up truck in the Bronx on Wednesday morning. The collision occurred around 8:25 a.m. when the driver traveling south on Brook Avenue hit the rider heading west on East 145th Street. The incident highlights a recent uptick in fatal accidents involving two-wheeled vehicles, including another death of a bicyclist in Central Park and a delivery worker killed by a dump truck in Herald Square.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
A man riding a two-wheeled device was fatally struck by a pick-up truck in the Bronx on Wednesday morning around 8:25 a.m., when he was heading west on East 145th Street and the driver traveling south on Brook Avenue hit him. The unidentified victim sustained head and body trauma and was pronounced dead at Lincoln Medical Center.
Two days earlier, Douglas Adams, a 71-year-old man riding his bicycle in Central Park near East 84th Street around 8:20 a.m., had crashed into an unleashed Golden Retriever that darted onto the road. He too suffered severe injuries and was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center, but could not be saved.
The truck driver involved in the Bronx incident is a 55-year-old man who remained at the scene without facing immediate charges. The type of two-wheeled device used by the unidentified victim—whether it was a bike, scooter, or moped—is still unknown.
Written for “Bicycle Accident NYC” on 2026-10-07,
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A man riding a “two-wheeled device” was fatally struck by a pick-up truck driver in the Bronx during the Wednesday morning rush, police said.
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The unidentified man was heading west on East 145th Street when the truck driver, traveling south on Brook Avenue in Mott Haven, hit him around 8:25 a.m., cops said.
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He was taken with head and body trauma to Lincoln Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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The pick-up truck driver, a 55-year-old man, stayed at the scene and did not immediately face any charges, police said.
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It was not immediately clear whether the man who was killed had been riding a bike, scooter or moped.
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His name was not released pending family notification.
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The fatal crash happened just two days after a 71-year-old bicyclist was killed when he crashed into a dog running free in Central Park, police said.
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Douglas Adams was riding north on the East Drive near East 84th Street around 8:20 a.m. Monday when he struck the unleashed Golden Retriever that darted into the roadway, police and the sources said.
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The impact catapulted the senior over the handlebars and headfirst into the pavement, police said.
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He was rushed to Weill Cornell Medical Center, but could not be saved.
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And last week, a delivery woman was killed when a dump truck plowed into her e-bike and then drove off in the heart of Herald Square, according to cops and an advocacy group.
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The truck driver collided with the 50-year-old cyclist the morning of Sept. 28, as both headed west on West 34th Street, approaching Seventh Avenue, police said.
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The woman — who was riding a JOCO rental e-bike and making a delivery — was pronounced dead at the scene.
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