Police: Woman in coma after being hit by bicyclist who ran red light in Midtown

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Friday, April 26, 2019
Police: Woman in coma after being hit by bicyclist who ran red light in Midtown
Sade Baderinwa has the details.

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A woman was left in a coma after she was hit by a bicyclist who ran a red light in Manhattan, authorities say.

The accident happened around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in front o 37 West 57th Street.

The 67-year-old victim was walking on West 57th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues when she was struck.

She was rushed to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center with a fractured skull.

The cyclist, 40-year-old Damian Deward, remained on the scene and was given a summons for running a red light, police said.

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