NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A 54-year-old woman was fatally struck by an e-bike as she was crossing a street in Queens last week.
Police said Kelly Killian was in the crosswalk at 21st Avenue and 31st Street in Astoria around 8:40 p.m. Friday when she was struck by an e-bike being operated by a 26-year-old deliveryman.
Killian suffered severe head trauma and was rushed to NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, where she succumbed to her injuries on Saturday.
WCBS-TV reports Killian, a real estate broker, was walking with a friend to get dinner when she was struck.
The deliveryman remained on the scene and has not been charged.
The investigation is ongoing.
New York City legalized e-bikes in November.
Killian is the second pedestrian to be killed in an e-bike crash since then.
In April, a 71-year-old Brooklyn man was fatally struck by an e-bike while attempting to cross the street on Amsterdam Avenue and West 78th Street on the Upper West Side.
