What’s News, Breaking: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
BIKER HIT BY CAR DIES OF INJURIES
MIDWOOD — CYCLIST FELIPE VELAZQUEZ, AGE 47, PASSED AWAY on Saturday from injuries sustained in a car crash on March 12, reports the Brooklyn Paper. Velazquez spent two weeks at Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital after being transported there by paramedics in critical condition before his death. According to police, Velazquez was struck by a Kia Sportage at the intersection of Avenue O and East 16 Street after leaving the sidewalk and entering the roadway.
Police say that no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing; the driver of the Kia remained on the scene.