Cyclist Hit And Killed By USPS Truck On The UWS: Police

Upper West Side NY

29 June, 2021

6:53 PM

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UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A 71-year-old cyclist was hit and killed around 5:35 p.m. by a United States Postal Service truck Tuesday evening on the Upper West Side, a police spokesperson told Patch. The man was hit by the truck as it attempted to take a right turn off West 86th Street and Central Park West, according to police. The 71-year-old was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later, a police spokesperson said. The investigation by the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad is ongoing.