BROOKLYN COP CHARGED IN HIT AND RUN AND BICYCLE KNOCKDOWN ACCIDENT

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

I previously blogged on this bicycle accident case on June 17, 2010; the tile of my blog post was Brooklyn Cops Run down Bicyclist, Give Him Some Tissues, and Take Off.  The New York City police officer driving the car, Louis Ramos, age 42, has been charged in Brooklyn Criminal Court with reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and assault. He has pleaded not guilty.

The bicyclist, Yu Tong Chan, age 61, suffered bleeding cuts to his lip and nose, a fractured nose, a fractured right hand, and a broken tooth.

Not good for the police officers was that the incident was filmed by a surveillance video, which shows on June 14, 2010 the officers' marked patrol car hitting the bicycle head on. They got out of their patrol car and helped the rider out of the street and onto the sidewalk. Then the officers gave a tissue to their bicycle knockdown victim and drove off - never reporting the accident to their dispatcher or supervisor.

The bicyclist was later treated at Brooklyn's Long Island College Hospital. Chan pursued the matter on his own, going to authorities to complain and bringing with him the video surveillance film of that showed part of the accident, which got the investigation started.