Bicyclist killed in early morning Bronx hit-and-run

Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver that fatally struck a bicyclist in the Bronx early Wednesday morning.

The crash happened near the intersection of Tiffany and Barry streets in Hunts Point at around 5:30 a.m., police said. The driver of a dark-colored SUV hit a 29-year-old man riding a bike and fled the scene, according to the NYPD.

Authorities said EMS rushed the cyclist to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No arrests have been made and an investigation by the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad is ongoing.

According to street safety advocacy group Transportation Alternatives, 21 bike riders have been killed in 2023 so far — more than in any other year in the same time frame under former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative. Of that number, collisions with SUVs and larger vehicles accounted for 93% of cyclist deaths, while only one death involved a sedan, Transportation Alternatives said.

Jada Yeboah, Bronx/Uptown Organizer at Transportation Alternatives, called on Mayor Eric Adams to take action to stop the carnage.

“Nobody should fear death or injury on our streets, and the city of New York failed yet another member of our community today,” Yeboah said in a statement. “Mayor Adams cannot ignore death after death on our streets without this clear indictment: Inaction is violence. The administration cannot fall further behind on the NYC Streets Plan’s legal requirements to build protected places for people to bike in every neighborhood of our city.”