A cyclist riding an electric Citi Bike was killed when he was struck by a beer delivery truck in Manhattan, police said.
The deadly episode unfold shortly after 2 p.m. Friday, cops said
The 26-year-old driver of the Lagunitas beer truck was heading east on W. 50th St. when he made a right onto 11th Ave. and struck the doomed 32-year-old cyclist, authorities said.
EMS pronounced the victim dead at the scene, cops said.
“The operator of the truck remained on the scene, there are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing,” an NYPD spokesman told The Post.
The victim’s name was being withheld pending family notification, the spokesman added.
Earlier in Brooklyn, a brazen car thief slammed into multiple vehicles while trying to elude cops.
The 17-year-old thief was joy riding in a stolen black Mercedes around 9:10 a.m. in Gravesend when he got on cops’ radar.
Hours later officers later saw the Benz on East 52nd Street near Avenue H, according to reports.
But the suspect sped off when cops attempted a traffic stop.
To make matters worse, the thief, trying to shake off cops, sped south against traffic on one-way E. 52nd St., police said, where he hit parked Mercedes, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and a silver Toyota.
As cops closed in, the reckless suspect struck two more vehicles at E. 52nd St. and Ave I — a Hyundai Kona and a Jeep Grand Cherokee — before jumping out of the Mercedes and hoofing it, authorities said.
Cops nabbed the speed racer on Ave. I near E. 54th St. at 11:49 p.m., an NYPD spokesman said.
The suspect, whose name is being withheld due to his age, was charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, reckless endangerment and obstructing governmental administration, the spokesman said.
