MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A bicyclist was hospitalized after being struck by a private sanitation truck in Midtown.
The 43-year-old was traveling southbound on 5th Ave near 47th Street when he was struck around 10 p.m.
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The bicyclist was taken to NY Presbyterian Hospital in critical, but stable condition.
The driver stayed on the scene.
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Police are investigating.
The accident comes on the day that the NYPD announced a crackdown on private garbage trucks because of how often they have been in serious, and sometimes deadly crashes.
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