The cyclist who police say lost control of his e-bike after making contact with a pedestrian at a crowded Central Park intersection has died of his injuries, reports the Gothamist.
Charles Cheeseboro, 43, of Harlem, died Wednesday, two days after crash.
According to police, Mr Cheeseboro was riding an e-bike north near Central Park, New York, when he collided with a 77-year-old pedestrian who was crossing the road.
Mr Cheeseboro was thrown from his bike and knocked unconscious, police said. The pedestrian suffered minor injuries.
It appears that the cyclist struck the pedestrian, lost control of his bike, and hit his head when he fell to the floor.
Mr Cheeseboro was the 20th cyclist to be killed in New York this year.
The area where Cheeseboro suffered his fatal injuries is a notorious point of conflict among cyclists and pedestrians.
Last year we reported on a similar incident which occurred in Dalston.
In that case, the pedestrian, suffered serious injuries and the e-bike rider rode away from the scene.
Seriously, mate, stick your head in a cold butt of water....
The way I read it was that it formed part of the prosecution case - that it established motive and therefore intent that was necessary for a murder...
Harsh to arrest somebody, just because their car decided to flip over.
FLR is located in Bulgaria.
Do you have any views on bike frame materials?
There's a character in that film Premium Rush who walks into their workshp and says, "with all the tools in here you'd figure there'd be something...
Actually I think the "Stop forcing your views on me" cartoon you posted on the Funnies thread is probably the best response.
As shown in this video from CycleGaz: "What a difference school holidays make on traffic" https://youtu.be/z57UgWLCfRg?feature=shared
The cyclists of today would appreciate this, but they make up a few % of those making journeys. And I only appreciate traffic lights because other...
Thanks, that's probably a good point about all the different profiles - I hadn't thought of that. Interesting Unior tool, thanks for the link.