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  • Re: Beloved NYC teacher Priscilla Loke fatally struck by bicyclist in a

    From AMuzi@21:1/5 to Make them transgenders in prison on Thu Sep 21 19:07:38 2023
    On 9/21/2023 6:43 PM, Make them transgenders in prison wrote:
    On 20 Sep 2023, a felcher <nowomr@protonmail.com> posted some

    A beloved teacher was fatally struck by a bicyclist in Chinatown
    earlier this month, police said — as they released new surveillance
    footage showing the apparent hit-and-run rider.

    Priscilla Loke, 69, was standing in the crosswalk at the corner of
    Grand and Chrystie Streets around 10:30 a.m. Sept. 5 when the
    cyclist rammed into her, cops said.

    Loke — the Deputy Director of the Chinatown Head Start preschool
    program – was thrown to the ground and suffered severe head trauma,
    police said.

    She was brought to Bellevue Hospital, where she succumbed to her
    injuries two days later, authorities said.

    The surveillance video, released late Monday, shows the suspect
    walking on the sidewalk, wearing blue jeans and a white T-shirt,
    carrying a light blue shoulder bag.

    Footage previously obtained by WABC captured the moment he slammed
    into Loke head-on while heading north on Chrystie Street.

    It also shows the cyclist walking up to a police cruiser and
    speaking to the cops who responded to the crash – but he then got
    back on his bike and bolted once the officers approached the victim.

    Loke’s loved ones have sent a letter to the NYPD in search for
    answers about how or why the suspect was able to get away after the
    incident, according to WABC.

    The NYPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment from
    The Post Tuesday.

    Loke, who helped to run the Head Start center for more than 30
    years, looked forward to retirement, WABC reported.

    While she didn’t have children of her own, she cared deeply for her grandnieces and nephews.

    “If only the cyclist had been more responsible,” Loke’s nephew, Weng Wai Ho, told WPIX.

    “This wouldn’t have happened.”

    https://nypost.com/2023/09/19/beloved-nyc-teacher-priscilla-loke- fatally-struck-by-bicyclist-in-apparent-hit-and-run/

    D P
    1 day ago

    you made all these bike lanes, yet no one uses them ! no tags,
    licences, insurance, or even a written & driving test to qualify
    the use on these "Vehicles" that are sadly taking lives. no recourse
    what so ever if you ride on the sidewalks or not in the bike lanes
    organized for these things.

    Goomba Bob NYC
    1 day ago

    Sadly this is ALL too true! Unused bike lanes are a joke ... adding
    to traffic congestion. Blame the lame city council ... too busy
    deciding what statues to tear down.

    Libby Clauwnz
    1 day ago

    been saying this for years. no point anymore since nobody cares.

    NK1947
    1 day ago

    Bicycle or electric bike? Now they are strapping milk crates with
    blaring sound systems on the back-pedestrians don’t stand a chance. Impossible to safely cross a street while these “drivers” are
    totally distracted and are free to ignore every traffic signal. NYPD
    should stop wasting time “educating” pedestrians on safety and go
    after the real problem.

    Danny S
    1 day ago

    More bike lanes = less lanes for emergency service vehicles = delays
    in emergency response times. EMT and paramedics are not coming to
    you via bicycle. When you take away lanes ambulances and police get
    stuck behind cars and now we have increased response times.




    here's the actual link:

    https://nypost.com/2023/09/19/beloved-nyc-teacher-priscilla-loke-fatally-struck-by-bicyclist-in-apparent-hit-and-run/


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