The family of a 26-year-old Chinese restaurant deliveryman killed by a MTA bus has spoken out about the tragedy. On Friday afternoon, Qi Ming Weng had apparently fallen off his electric bicycle riding on Second Avenue near 96th Street when a MTA express bus rolled over him, crushing his skull. The Post reports that Weng's relatives are blaming it on the Second Avenue subway construction that is taking up lanes.
Weng's aunt also can't believe that the bus driver, who was off-duty and driving to his route, didn't realize he had hit someone, "I don't believe the driver. He should have stopped."
A witness told the Daily News that the bus struck Weng to avoid a car that swerved into the bus's way, but he also said the Second Avenue subway construction was at fault, "The construction kills everything around here and now it kills people." A few of our readers agreed, commenting yesterday, The second ave project is hurting a lot of people. It squeezes lanes, obstructs visibility, just a big mess," and "I biked almost all the way through the construction on 2nd ave, it's pretty terrifying. Eventually we had so many near misses because people are not driving any slower or taking any precautions in their cars/taxis/buses despite the horrible condition of the road."
