Shocking moment a 28-year-old sculpture and video artist is struck and killed by a cement truck while riding her bicycle onto a crosswalk in NYC
- Devra Freelander, 28, was identified as woman who died in Brooklyn on Monday
- She was riding bicycle at intersection of Bushwick Avenue and Boerum Street
- Freelander was struck and killed by a cement truck driven by 70-year-old man
- Man stayed at the scene until police arrived – no charges have been filed yet
- Freelander was video and sculpture artist whose work appeared in Times Square
Horrific surveillance video shows a cement truck fatally running over a cyclist in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York, on Monday.
The video shows Devra Freelander, 28, a sculpture and video artist, riding her bicycle into the intersection of Bushwick Avenue and Boerum Street at around 12.20pm.
As she cycles onto the pedestrian crosswalk, a cement truck traveling eastbound on Boerum Street collides into her.
The driver of the truck, a 70-year-old motorist, stayed at the scene until police arrived, according to the New York Post.
Horrific surveillance video shows a cement truck fatally running over a cyclist in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn on Monday
The video shows Devra Freelander, a sculpture and video artist, riding her bicycle into the intersection of Bushwick Avenue and Boerum Street at around 12:20pm. As she cycles into the pedestrian crosswalk, a cement truck traveling eastbound on Boerum Street collides into her
Freelander, 28, was an artist who received her master’s degree in fine arts in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2016
No charges have been filed so far. An investigation is ongoing.
Freelander, 28, was an artist who received her master’s degree in fine arts in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2016.
According to her web site, Freelander ‘makes sculptures and videos that explore climate change and geology from an ecofeminist and millennial lens’.
The driver of the truck, a 70-year-old motorist, stayed at the scene until police arrived
Investigators gather evidence at the scene in Bushwick, Brooklyn on Monday
Freelander is the 15th bicyclist to be struck and killed by a motorist in New York City this year
Freelander’s work has been featured in Times Square and Long Island City’s Socrates Sculpture Park.
She is the 11th cyclist to be struck and killed while riding her bike in Brooklyn this year – and the 15th fatality in all of New York City.
The number of fatalities has already surpassed 10, which is how many riders were killed in New York City in all of last year.
The spike has prompted activists to demand that the city do more to create protected bicycle lanes.