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First Citi Bike Rider Hospitalized After Allegedly Running Red Light In West Village
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John Del Signore
Published May 31, 2013
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It appears we have our first Citi Bike collision—fortunately it was not fatal. According to the NYPD, an unidentified cyclist on a Citi Bike was riding south on Macdougal Street yesterday afternoon around 12:20 p.m. when she tried to "beat the light" at West Houston Street. The driver of a 2013 Toyota was heading west on Houston at the time; he says he had stopped for a red light and proceeded when the light turned green. As he accelerated into the intersection, the cyclist pedaled into his path. The collision threw the cyclist up onto the windshield of the vehicle.
An NYPD spokesperson tells us the cyclist was transported to Bellevue with non-life threatening injuries. (This morning, the FDNY told us the 25-year-old is in stable condition.) The DOT did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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