NYC Bike Rider Hit by 2 Cars and Killed
Friday, Mar 8, 2013 | Updated 5:19 PM EDT
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A bicyclist has died after being hit by two cars while riding on a busy Brooklyn thoroughfare.
Police say Victor Lopez was biking southbound against traffic on New Utrecht Avenue Friday morning when he was hit by a 2008 Honda heading north.
Then he was hit by another 2008 Honda. It was traveling west on a side street that intersects the avenue. It's in the Borough Park neighborhood.
Rescuers pronounced the 49-year-old Lopez dead at the scene.
Police say the accident is still under investigation, but they haven't charged the drivers at this point.
Copyright Associated Press / NBC New York
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