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FATAL BROOKLYN ACCIDENT-BICYCLE KNOCKDOWN

From:New York attorney Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; serving Brooklyn Queens Bronx; Brooklyn Injury Lawyer)

On Wednesday April 28, 2010 at 9:30 A.M. 18-year-old bicycle rider Jake McDonaugh was struck by a minivan near the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Beverly Road, in Brooklyn. His bicycle got stuck under the van and the rider was dragged some 50 yards to his death. McDonaugh, a Brooklyn resident, was pronounced dead at the accident scene.

Van driver Michael Oxley, age 29, was arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide in violation of New York law for passing a slower car and running a red light before striking McDonaugh. Police say he Oxley did not have a valid driver's license at the time of the accident.

Such behavior is a typical of a dangerous "highway mindset" that overcomes many motorists on Flatbush Avenue. Bicycle transportation advocates are calling for a marked bicycle lane on Flatbush Avenue.

Posted by Gary E. Rosenberg on April 23, 2010 5:20 PM |

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