A 54-year-old bicyclist was killed after police said he was struck by a commercial truck while crossing Borden Avenue in Maspeth Wednesday night, devastating his family who had been preparing to spend their Thanksgiving with a loving father.
Pedro Lopez was hit by a white truck making a right from Maurice Avenue by the Long Island Expressway around 5 p.m., according to the NYPD.
The driver fled the scene, and police are continuing to look for the individual. Lopez was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead, cops said.
The accident left Lopez’s family shocked, and his son, Pedro Alonzo Lopez, 23, described Lopez to the Daily News as someone who was “humble and kind.”
“He was a very happy person,” the son told the Daily News.
Lopez was one four people hit and killed by vehicles Wednesday night, according to police.
An 88-year-old woman, who police did not identify, was struck by a Con Ed truck in Manhattan by Avenue C, and two women were hit and killed by a car as they crossed Forest Hill Road in Staten Island. The two victims were Marion Anderson, 47, of Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, and Lizette Sorrano, 59, of Staten Island.
Both Anderson and Sorrano were brought to Staten Island University Hospital, where they died, the NYPD said.
By Anna Gustafson
