A bicyclist was fatally struck by an out-of-control SUV that plowed into a parked vehicle just seconds later on a Brooklyn street Sunday morning, according to police.
The driver of the black Volkswagen SUV was heading north on Union Avenue near Lynch Street in Williamsburg when he collided with a 46-year-old man riding a bicycle in the same direction about 11:30 a.m., authorities said.
After the driver, a 40-year-old man, hit the bicyclist, he then plowed into an unoccupied white Honda Odyssey parked on the side of the road, police said.
The cyclist was taken to Kings County Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The operator of the Volkswagen was also taken to the same hospital in stable condition.
Video obtained by the Williamsburg News shows a black SUV zooming into the white SUV just before the screech of brakes is heard. The black vehicle pushed the white one at least a couple of hundred feet before both stopped, the footage from the outlet shows.
So far, no arrests have been made as the investigation is ongoing by the NYPD’s Highway Collision Investigation Division, police said.
City Councilman Lincoln Restler called the latest cyclist the death “tragic” as he called for safer streets in the Big Apple.
“We will continue to push for safer streets on every block,” Restler, a Democrat, said in a tweet.
“More bicyclists died in NYC last year than in 25 years. These deaths are preventable with networks of protected lanes.”