Citi Bike rider killed in Gowanus box-truck crash
A 37-year-old woman riding a Citi Bike was killed at 7:20 a.m. at Ninth Street and Second Avenue in Gowanus, where police said the box-truck driver stayed at the scene.
What We Know
A 37-year-old woman riding a Citi Bike was killed in Gowanus on Jan. 10, 2023, after a crash involving a box-truck driver near Ninth Street and Second Avenue. The official record lists the crash at 7:20 a.m. and records one cyclist death with no other injuries. Police told reporters the driver stayed at the scene and that investigators were still working to determine the sequence; amNewYork reported that no arrests had been made and police did not suspect criminality at the time.
Morning crash in Gowanus
The crash was recorded at 7:20 a.m. on Jan. 10, 2023, at Ninth Street and Second Avenue in Brooklyn. The official record lists one person killed: a 37-year-old woman bicyclist. It lists no other injuries.
Police told reporters the woman was riding a Citi Bike when the crash occurred near the intersection. Patch reported that police were still investigating the sequence and did not know whether the driver ran into the rider first or vice versa.
Eastbound truck driver and e-bike rider
The official record lists a 2022 box truck and an e-bike, with both the truck driver and rider traveling east and going straight ahead before the crash. News accounts described the bicycle as a Citi Bike.
Driver stayed; police continued the investigation
Police told amNewYork and Patch that the box-truck driver remained at the scene. amNewYork reported that no arrests had been made and that police did not suspect criminality at the time.
Ninth Street is a high-crash Brooklyn corridor
The crash happened at Ninth Street and Second Avenue in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC location data for Ninth Street in Brooklyn shows 602 crashes, 322 injuries, 23 serious injuries and 2 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.