Bicyclist, 48, killed in collision with turning Ford truck in Queens
Jan 20, 2026
A 48-year-old cyclist was killed Tuesday morning after he collided with a pickup truck in Queens, police said.
The bicycle rider was traveling west on Sanford Ave. in Flushing when a 23-year-old man driving a Ford F 150 truck southbound on 160th St. tried to make a right turn onto Sanford Ave., and
the vehicles crashed into each other, cops said.
Medics rushed the 48-year-old victim to New York-Presbyterian Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.
The driver stayed at the scene of the crash.
A firefighter puts down salt where blood was washed away after a man on a bicycle was fatally hit by a truck on the corner of Sanford Ave. and 160th St. in Queens on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Daily News)
So far there have been no arrests. The NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad is investigating.
The victim’s identity is being withheld until his family has been notified.
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