Park Sloper, 18, Killed in Bike Accident

April 15, 2010

Very sad news:

An 18-year-old cyclist from Park Slope was killed on Flatbush Avenue and Duryea Place in Ditmas Park on Wednesday morning when his bike was struck by a dollar van.

The NYPD said that the cyclist was a white male in his twenties. But I’ve heard from a source who knows the boy that he was an 18-year-old who attended PS 321 and Millenium High School and was currently a college freshman at CUNY.

He was traveling east on Duryea and the motorist was traveling north on Flatbush. The driver, a 28-year-old male, was charged with negligent homicide and other charges for driving without a license, speeding and going through a red light.

This is a terrible story.

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5 Comments on Park Sloper, 18, Killed in Bike Accident

  1. Jeff Jones on Thu, 15th Apr 2010 3:30 pm

    2. It was Jake McDonaugh, who was in the 321 Graduating Class of 2002 (My daughter’s classmate in Neil Zwillinger’s class). There is an article in today
    s Times (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/cyclist-fatally-struck-in-brooklyn/)

  2. Dollar Van Demos on Thu, 15th Apr 2010 11:15 pm

    3. This is really tragic and sad. However, the driver was not a dollar van:

    http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/16/fl_bikedeath_2010_04_23_bk.html

  3. Mark Levine on Fri, 16th Apr 2010 3:09 pm

    4. I had the misfortune of driving past the scene just after it happened. RIP.

  4. cathryn on Sat, 17th Apr 2010 11:58 am

    5. I believe he actually in Windsor Terrace on McDonald Avenue according to the NY Times story.

  5. cathryn on Sat, 17th Apr 2010 11:59 am

    6. Yes, it’s so sad. It IS a terrible story.