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City Truck Strikes Woman In Wheelchair

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Photos by Ethan Sprague

Just before 10 a.m. a report came over the newswire saying a female in a wheelchair was pinned under a truck. Shortly after a reader sent in these photos from the accident, which occurred on Bleecker and 8th Avenue, showing the truck was a City Parks vehicle. The vicitim was unconscious and transported to St. Vincent's Hospital, and there has been no additional word on her condition.

Update: According to Streetsblog, the "Parks Department sanitation truck struck a 78-year-old woman using a motor-assisted wheelchair in the Eighth Avenue bike lane.. The victim suffered head trauma... The driver was heard repeating that he 'didn't see' the victim, according to Michelle Ernst of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign."

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By Jen Carlson in on November 5, 2009 12:30 PM

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  • NannyState

    Isn't it nice to know that Medicare paid for this shitstorm?

  • JacqueMehoff

    at 78 I think I'll give her a pass for using one of those Rascals. but what was the truck doing in the bike land?

    doesn't itzhak perlman use one?

  • CR

    I see people in wheelchairs (actually, more like those motorized 3-wheely-jobs) all the time in the bikelane, or just movin' it down the middle of the street. Rather baffling, although maybe there are problems with some sidewalk access that I as a, thank G-d, fully mobile person doesn't take much notice of. I also see people walking in the bikelane all the time, which is of course dangerous to cyclists as they have to get around them, and of course to themselves.

  • Guest

    God's gonna strike you down for taking the O out of his title. Just kidding. God doesn't care either way.

  • whitecastlerock

    I blame Bloomberg's attitude and Quinn's slush funds. However I do hope the woman will be okay...

  • potsmoker

    maybe he was distracted by the two homos groping in the backseat of the cab in the next lane over.

  • whatsd

    I think gay marriage is to blame.

  • chuzzlewit

    the photo also clearly shows some asshole riding his horse on the sidewalk.typical.

  • CR

    Yeah, he should be in the horselane (horse-path?)!

  • EricRoberts

    i laughed

  • Spirit of 76

    He didn't see her. Hey, if you stayed out of the bike lane like you were supposed to, it wouldn't matter if you saw her or not.

  • bassoonalex

    seriously. although, why was SHE in the bike lane?

  • Gwinny

    I regularly have to ride around people in motorized wheelchairs using the bike lane. People, let's try the sidewalk, shall we?

  • flynn110

    goddamn bikers.

  • aspiringrapper

    Rough couple of days to be a pedestrian on NYC streets.

  • hunter.blatherer

    Here we go again. And yet those of us who insist that drivers' recklessness is not a force of nature continue to be mocked.

  • brooklynmouthoff

    Good job, City Truck Driver.

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