Three women were hit and killed by cars today in isolated incidents in Manhattan and Brooklyn. A female cyclist was struck by a school bus near the corner of Delancey and Ludlow streets in the Lower East Side at around 4 pm, according to the Post. The tabloid reports that the bus was empty, while ABC notes that the vehicle belonged to the bus company Atlantic Express and was carrying two children at the time.
A 59-year-old homeless woman died after being hit by an oil truck at the corner of Classon Avenue and Pacific Street in Prospect Heights at around 11:35 am. Witnesses recognized the victim as a woman who regularly collected bottled in the neighborhood. "It hit her, and she went under the truck," said onlooker Ricky Roman, 35, who noted that the crash wasn't head-on and that the truck driver didn't notice he struck the woman until someone yelled at him to stop.
And at around 7:30 am today, 46-year-old Rosemary Pratt was run over and killed by a forklift moving materials for a subway overpass repair project in Midwood. The driver didn't see the victim, but felt a bump and immediately stopped his forklift at the corner of East 14th Street and Avenue M. According to cops, summonses are likely, but the driver probably won't get hit with any other criminal charges.
