A bicyclist was struck and killed in Bronxwood tonight, police said.
The cyclist, believed to be a man in his 20s, rolled suddenly from the sidewalk into Williamsbridge Road when he was struck by a white SUV headed north at 7:05 p.m., said cops and witnesses.
EMS rushed the cyclist to Jacobi Hospital, where he died.
“I feel terrible, I didn’t see him,” said the driver, who did not give his name to a reporter. “I didn’t want to hit him. He came out of nowhere.”
The driver is not expected to be charged.
“The kid got creamed. He went flying out his sneakers,” said Spartan Lopez, 22.
One of the cyclist’s Converse sneakers was still at the scene hours after the accident.
“I saw him take his last breath,” said a witness named John, who did not give his last name. “He shuddered and exhaled blood, and that was it. He didn’t take another breath.”