Pedestrian Fatally Struck on Bowery

We're hearing reports that a pedestrian at Bowery, near Grand, in Chinatown was fatally hit by an 18-wheeler. The 18-wheeler may have tried to flee the scene, as the truck went over the Manhattan Bridge. The truck was stopped on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, and the investigation is ongoing. A few months ago, a few blocks away on Canal, a speeding truck hit a bus, which then fatally hit a pedestrian on a sidewalk. And earlier today, an elderly woman was fatally hit by a car at 75th St and 14th Ave in Brooklyn; the car fled the scene.

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By Jen Chung in News on October 24, 2008 2:44 PM

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Christina 13

R.I.P. UNCLE JIMMY ='( WE LOVE YOU ALWAY & 4EVER !!!

YES THIS IS MY UNCLE ... HE WAS ON DUTY AT WORK (CON ED) ... HE WAS GETTING INTO HIS CAR AND HE WAS STRUCK BY A 18-WHEELER WHO WAS SPEEDING AND I DONT KNOW ANY OTHER WORDS TO DESCRIBE HIS DRIVING ... HE WAS NOT JAYWALKING !!!

THX 'THE EDGE' FOR THE REAL FACTS!!!

HUGO_MEGO

Taiwanese food?

I blame Hillary Clinton.

schizofriendly

@ The Edge

Shows you what I know...

The Edge

#12- You mean real Taiwanese food.

everyAframe

Truckstop speed is a helluva drug.

schizofriendly

The whole area near the Manhattan Bridge is a pedestrian and cycling horror.

Avoid at all costs. Especially if you don't have insurance. And go to Flushing for real chinese food.

The Edge

Actually, this guy got hit in almost the same spot an old lady did earlier in the year (not the one that's linked).

That was another mess.

Blech.

The Edge

I couldn't tell if the guy was white or not, I didn't see him before he got hit.

>_

emilydickinson

The whole area near the Manhattan Bridge is a pedestrian and cycling horror. They should limit parking in that area from 9-5 to delivery trucks only, because the double, and occasionally triple parking absurd.

indecisionpigeon

found this article on it here:

http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7716844&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

ihateblackhair

it was a con ed worker.

JacqueMehoff

just heard eyewitness accounts, something about a tractor trailer hitting another car or car door.

some good Samaritans chased the driver.

gruesome scene, Caucasian victim.

The Edge

The guy parked his minivan in front of Congee (not Congee Bowery), he stepped out, and the truck came and splattered him all over the place.

The guy wasn't a jaywalking--as far as I know--and it wasn't early morning, maybe around 1:45ish. No, he wasn't double parked.

And yes, I work across the street.

Snoopy

"(also, cops park their personal vehicles all over the sidewalks right at Canal and the bridge).

The NYPD should really enforce parking and speeding there."

Am I missing something here?

JoHonnyBoy

Where are the reports coming from? Could you provide a source?

I used to ride my bike down the Bowery to/from the Manhattan Bridge, but after many close calls, I changed my route. Between all of the potholes, illegally parked cars, jaywalkers, and speeding, that area is a nightmare (also, cops park their personal vehicles all over the sidewalks right at Canal and the bridge).

The NYPD should really enforce parking and speeding there.