Driver Charged with Homicide in Death of Cyclist

The driver of the van that killed the Park Slope cyclist yesterday in Ditmas Park will face charges of criminally negligent homicide.

He also face charges of aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, driving through a red light and speeding.

According the NY 1, the cyclist was traveling east on Beverly Road when he was struck on Flatbush Avenue around 9:30 a.m. A witness told NY 1: “He tried to get out of the way. But when he tried to turn the bike to avoid the van, the wheel just wobbled, and the van just hit him, his whole body. I saw his whole body went under the van, and he just dragged him all the way down here.”

Yesterday there were two other bike/vehicle accidents. Neither of those resulted in fatalities.