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15-year-old girl dies after truck hits 2 teens in East Village
Gothamist • • nation
Key Points:
- A 15-year-old girl, Daria Serkov, was killed Friday night in the East Village when a commercial truck driver making a right turn hit the bicycle she was riding with a 16-year-old girl.
- The crash occurred around 9 p.m. at East 14th Street and First Avenue; the 16-year-old was operating the bike and sustained a leg injury, while the truck driver was unharmed and remained at the scene.
- The truck involved belonged to Badger Daylighting, whose spokesperson confirmed cooperation with police as the NYPD’s Highway District Collision Investigation Squad investigates the incident.
- This fatality marks the fourth cyclist death on an eight-block stretch of First Avenue in the past decade, prompting calls from advocates for improved safety measures such as protected bike infrastructure and turn calming.
- The accident coincides with Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s recently unveiled Vision Zero plan, which aims to reduce traffic fatalities through new pedestrian-only zones and stricter enforcement against reckless driving.
