A woman from New York, was riding a bicycle eastbound on County Route 3 last week when she was struck from behind by the driver of a pickup truck at 9:30 in the morning. The 60-year-old cyclist was ejected from her bicycle onto the roadway and she died at the scene from multiple fractures and bodily trauma, police said.
The driver failed to see the woman riding her bicycle in the eastbound lane of the roadway, according to a press release issued by the commander of New York State Police Troop B.
State police said no criminal charges have been filed.
Bicycle Death Lawsuit
When a bicyclist is following all the rules of the road and is struck and killed by a motorized vehicle, surviving family members can pursue justice via a wrongful death lawsuit that seeks to determine if the vehicle driver was driving unsafely or potentially not doing everything within the law. This is the law in Minnesota, where our law firm has offices, and in other states.
Our attorneys independently investigate fatal bicycle accidents without fear or favor when it comes to opposing forces. Details of the crash are extremely important to our clients in their pursuit of holding unsafe vehicle drivers accountable.
In our experience, motorists often attempt to blame bicyclists for crashes that result in serious injury or death to the cyclist. That was the case in a Minnesota bicycle death lawsuit that we brought to trial against a trucking concern. Our attorneys won a $2.64 million jury verdict in that case. As part of our investigation, we hired experts who created a large-screen video replay of the accident using animation of the known facts. For a free consultation with a Minnesota lawyer, contact us online or call toll-free to speak directly to an attorney: 1-888-377-8900.
One of the major contributing factors in fatal bicycle-motorist crashes is failure to see bicyclists due to inattentive driving. We urge all motorists to watch for bicyclists, especially children. We stand with transportation officials around the country who state: “We want motorists to recognize bicyclists as people, not obstructions.”