Woman riding bicycle hit by sanitation truck in Bushwick, Brooklyn

Thursday, August 2, 2018
Bicyclist critically injured after being hit by sanitation truck
Bicyclist critically injured after being hit by sanitation truckDerick Waller reports from the scene in Bushwick.

BUSHWICK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A woman riding her bike was struck Wednesday by a sanitation truck that never stopped in Brooklyn.

The 25-year-old bicyclist is in critical but stable condition at Brookdale University Hospital.

She was hit by a city sanitation truck around 8:30 p.m. on Evergreen Avenue at the corner of Menahan Street in Bushwick.

Evergreen Avenue is a tight street with its bike lane exposed to traffic. A few years ago, a similar accident took place on Evergreen just a few blocks down.

The driver of the sanitation truck never stopped, police said.

Police tracked down the damaged vehicle to a garage on Varick Avenue.

They also tracked down the driver and a passenger

Police interviewed them to find out if they were even aware that they hit someone.

The victim suffered a broken clavicle and an open wound to her right arm.

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