A 58-year-old woman was walking her bicycle along the curb on 23rd Street, near Park Avenue, when a garbage truck pulling into traffic crushed her to death early Friday afternoon, the police said.
Passers-by captured the aftermath in pictures, and on Twitter, with the woman's body still partially visible under the yellow truck. (The images are not graphic.)
A street vendor described the accident for The New York Post:
“He clippe d her, and she just rolled and fell underneath the wheel,†said Greg Lamans, 43, who works as a street vendor near the accident scene. “Her legs ended up where her arms would be. Her legs were above her head.â€
Police officials do not suspect criminality and have not yet identified the woman because her family has not been notified, according to a statement released late Friday.
