Fourteen-year-old student struck by car while riding bike near Bay Ridge school
A 14-year-old male bicyclist was struck by a vehicle in Bay Ridge.
According to police, on Monday, June 4 at around 2:58 p.m., the teen was riding his bike when he jutted out into traffic from the driveway near Bay Ridge Honda at Fourth Ave. and 88th St., near P.S. 264, and started riding northbound in front of oncoming traffic. A 44-year-old male driver, operating a 2012 Jeep, couldn’t stop in time and collided with the teen, leaving him pinned underneath the vehicle.
The bicyclist was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center and suffered fractures. Cops say he is expected to survive.