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Bicyclist Hospitalized After Accident at 46th Street

Accident

Photo: Paul Ker

Aug. 26, 2012 Staff Report

A bicyclist was taken to hospital on a Wednesday evening after he struck a car at the intersection of 46th Street and 43rd Ave.

The incident occurred at about 7pm, August 22, and witnesses claim the cyclist was riding the wrong way down 43rd Ave before he hit a moving car broadside.

The FDNY were called to arrive on the scene at 7:01pm and took the man to Elmhurst Hospital, an FDNY spokesman said. The department did not provide any further details as to his name or condition. Additionally, the department did not say who was at fault.

However, witnesses said the man appeared conscious.

Thanks to Paul Ker for the news tip and photo