NYC hit-and-run: Woman struck by e-bike driver going wrong way in Murray Hill

A pedestrian was struck and critically injured by a e-bicyclist going the wrong way in Manhattan. Johny Fernandez has the story.

MURRAY HILL, Manhattan (WABC) -- A pedestrian was struck and critically injured by a e-bicyclist going the wrong way who fled the scene Friday morning.

The 59-year-old woman was crossing Second Avenue westbound on 38th Street just after 7:30 a.m.

That's when police say a man on an e-bike, northbound in the wrong direction on Second Avenue, struck her when she stepped onto the street to cross with the signal.

He fled before police arrived.

She was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.

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