Man, 60, dies after being struck by hit-and-run bicyclist in Manhattan

Thursday, August 8, 2019
FLATIRON, Manhattan (WABC) -- The NYPD says a 60-year-old man has died from injuries he suffered after being struck by a bicyclist who fled the scene in Manhattan's Flatiron District.

The incident happened at the intersection of 6th Avenue and 23rd Street on July 31st.
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Investigators say the bicyclist was traveling north in the bike lane on 6th Avenue when he struck 60-year-old Michael Collopy.

Collopy, of the 100 block of West 123d Street in Harlem, was apparently in the bike lane when he was struck. He suffered a head injury.

He was taken by medics to Bellevue Hospital, where he died from his injuries on Monday, August 5th.
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Police are now looking for the bicyclist, who they say did not remain at the scene, in connection with the ongoing investigation.

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