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Bike Messenger Dies After Being Knocked To Pavement
November 19, 2004

NEW YORK -- A bicycle messenger was killed when the door of a delivery truck opened in his path, knocking him to the ground, police said.

The accident happened shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday when the 42-year-old man, whose name was not released pending notification of his family, was making a delivery on Eighth Avenue between West 48th and West 49th Streets, police said.

The passenger door of a truck parked on Eighth Avenue opened in his face, sending him sprawling headfirst onto the pavement.

Emergency workers pronounced him dead at the scene.


Here’s the website:

http://www.wnbc.com/traffic/3932385/detail.html

 

[mack]

holy ****. bike messangers can make some seriose dough in NY. some of them wear full faces.

 

[Curb Hucker]

thats sad

I can relate, I have had this happen to me in chicago, by far one of the scariest experiences ive ever had. I was flying around a corner and someone opened their van door and i got nailed hard. Luckily for me I hit the outside of the door and it went back in on impact. I had a helmet on, but it still hurt very bad, something I never want to experience again

 

[gschuette]

holy ****. bike messangers can make some seriose dough in NY. some of them wear full faces.

So the news of some guys passing reminds you of making money. WTF?

Sorry to hear about that. Always hate to hear about a fellow rider going down.

 

[quadricolour]

42 huh? Hopefully he was doing what he loved for years and years.

 

[MudGrrl]

........he obviously didn't have a bike license.....


That's actually really sad....and like quad said, hopefully he was doing what he loved

 

[chicodude]

holy ****. bike messangers can make some seriose dough in NY. some of them wear full faces.

Dude, you're a moron. Why don't you just go away?





Sad to hear about a bikey related death.

 

[Dingus McGee]

Horrible to go out on a door-prize. R.I.P.

42 ain't that old, but the guy must have been a lifer,

U2 really, really, bugs me -SNL right now.....