For the third time in a week’s span, a community is mourning the loss of a bicyclist killed while riding on the streets of New York City — leading some to call the rash of rider deaths an epidemic.
The latest victim is 29-year-old Devra Freelander, who was struck and killed by a cement truck at a Williamsburg intersection Monday. Freelander is seen on surveillance footage entering at the corner of Boerum Street and Bushwick Avenue and immediately being struck by a cement truck approaching from her left. She died at the scene.
The driver of the truck remained at the scene, and witnesses say he insists he had the green light.
“He was upset too, he said that it wasn’t his fault because the girl was crossing from the sidewalk, and he had the green light for him to pass” said Hammam Yafai, who works near where the crash occurred.
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